'14 NE thread

[strawjack]

Great ride last night with our Utarded friend in town! Eastcoast style. Heavy rains during the day stopped just in time and this new zone drains incredibly well. Stoked to clean some lines that I hadn't yet...techy shit, so learning the line is critical.

Shotgun sound when my friends sidewall was shredded by some granite!

My bud took this pic with his samsung...it was pretty dark in the woods, but this came out kinda cool. Not me in the pic.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Nice shot! And he didn't even use an iPhone

[postnasaldrip]

X2 on that shot! Techy area is right!

[BushwackerinPA]

fun ride at Dodge Hill at the Moore Dam between vermont and new hampshire. only 3.7 mile one way(7.2 round trip) but a great mix of really fast and flowly with some really technical bits as well.





My puppy loved it as well





using up all of his travel



Diane enjoyed the flowly bits.

[Tuckerman]

Here is what i have found so far in Holderness.



I did not find the dog, he was with me.


End of the line.

[strawjack]

Here is what i have found so far in Holderness.

That looks stable

[postnasaldrip]

Nice shots, gang! Tuckerman, when are we doing another bear brook cruise?

I seemed to have misplaced this pic in the ECRC. Shame on me

This is a pic taken in my backyard trail network. The trails keep you busy. Techy enough, flowy enough, and busy enough where it can be tough to grab bottle for a drink.


Fatbikes have been more successful than skinnybikes, thus far.

More new trail to be built soon

[gravitylover]

^ Good name choice.

Was weird this morning, the woods were "spooky," all misty and everything was creaking. The rocks and roots were sweating and the undergrowth needs a trim back so you can see the ground ground in a lot of spots. Tough ride...

[postnasaldrip]

^ Good name choice.

Was weird this morning, the woods were "spooky," all misty and everything was creaking. The rocks and roots were sweating and the undergrowth needs a trim back so you can see the ground ground in a lot of spots. Tough ride...

Why thank you

Ahhhhh invisible ground from undergrowth. The way KT used to be in the mid/late 90's. I can remember looping up Darling hill on the old prestige steel stumjumper rigid and you could barely see most of the trail as you parted fern thru hill and dale.

[east or bust]

The big jump line at SH is coming together nicely. Needs two more hits and some trail TLC but it should be amazing when it's finally done.

[strawjack]

Nice shot! And he didn't even use an iPhone

Ha! My iphone really does take shitty pics comparatively...like these below.

This new line and whole zone is damn fun!


There is kind of a brutal compression/hole at the bottom of the initial drop then you hit the rock. My first time down I went to far lookers left...with no speed and ova the bars I went. Second time down I took this similar line...which was mo betta for me.

[Tuckerman]

Nice shots, gang! Tuckerman, when are we doing another bear brook cruise?

Bummed I missed this this. My wife ran a 29.5 mile ultra on Saturday in Bear Brook and I signed up as a mtn bike marshal. I picked up course markings and did sweep all day. I rode the whole 29.5 fun day with no real agenda and food and drink and the aid stations.

[Anospa]

Beer league races at Highland on Fridays started last week, started with Happy Hour. Gonna be cool to see how they set the courses up as the weeks go forward, definitely leaving work earlier next time, be good to get more than 1 run in beforehand haha. I knew I lost when Kyle Strait was sitting on the chair in front of me, but still managed to get 11th. My buddy got to stand on the podium next to Strait which was really cool!

[chatton18]

Beer league races at Highland on Fridays started last week, started with Happy Hour. Gonna be cool to see how they set the courses up as the weeks go forward, definitely leaving work earlier next time, be good to get more than 1 run in beforehand haha. I knew I lost when Kyle Strait was sitting on the chair in front of me, but still managed to get 11th. My buddy got to stand on the podium next to Strait which was really cool!

Please tell me Strait showed up with a case of PBR.

[Anospa]

I got there late, so not really sure haha. Weagle and Chase showed up later on, pretty sure there was a case or two of Coors being brought in around then.

[chatton18]

I got there late, so not really sure haha. Weagle and Chase showed up later on, pretty sure there was a case or two of Coors being brought in around then.

They've got these up at Creek on thursday nights. Its pretty much impossible for me to sneak out, but theyre a good time. The bar can get pretty rough later in the night.

[Anospa]

I'm gonna try and see if I can get to work super early on Fridays and duck out at 2 for most of them. I saw the video of the MC one last week, pretty great! Same atmosphere going on in NH, lot of good heckling going on.

[robrox]

Had the scythe out in the fells today, a thorn narrowed passage is now clearer. I tried to make sure no thorns were left in the track..but vigilance is only as good as the light...it was just about sundown when I packed up and walked back to the car. sliced a hornets nest open...the residents were none too happy, but they were confused and I was lucky.

[east or bust]

Had the scythe out in the fells today
a thorn narrowed passage is now clearer
I tried to make sure no thorns were left in the track..
but vigilance is only as good as the light
it was just about sundown when I packed up and walked back to the car
sliced a hornets nest open…
the residents were none too happy, but they were confused and I was lucky.

Formatted slightly different it reminds me of an SFB poem.


Sounds like a good day

[JerseyDave]

Hot as Blazes yesterday. Mellow 2 hour cruise on the home town trails with a bunch of old boatn friends. Trails are BLAZING fast.

Down into the kickers on Orange when I pass a coupla fully kitted riders set to drop in. I told them "6 more riders" and they started yelling down "MORE RIDERS!"


Oh man, what am I ridin into.... Mid gap and flash bulbs start popping. I was looking for a high five, a red bull to slam, or some entourage femmes to stop and chat, instead just some sweaty dudes, but after review in the lot, Matt got a pretty good shot of me mid-flow trail. I'll share it if it turns up in my in box. Northfield trails are mid summer perfect right now. 2-3 hours depending. 10-15 miles 2000kish vert. Sundays at 10 has been my window from the Shaw Center lot.

[robrox]

... they started yelling down "MORE RIDERS!"


Oh man, what am I ridin into.... Mid gap and flash bulbs start popping. ....

Nice! Seems like it was good for the concentration.

Formatted slightly different it reminds me of an SFB poem.


Sounds like a good day

Aw shucks! Nice edit.

What's the punchline when this desk jockey goes for three hours scything?

..boy are my arms tired!

[strawjack]

We decided to do some powdah turns over at Stratham Hill for the first time this year. It was a nice change from the techy new stuff we've been riding. But holy shit they have clear cut the hell out of the place! We were told that there is some bug attacking the trees.

I searched and came up with nothing specific for Stratham, but the Emerald Ash borer is listed in NH as an invasive little fucker. The trails for the most part are ok...some skidder tracks here and there, and one of the newer trails is toast. They can all be revived, but just not the same without 'that' big tree 'there' and the other one 'here', etc. Ahh, nothing we can do about it. The other thing is that it potentially opens up new lines to be made...if they let it happen.

This was new to us also...little wooden bridgeway via awesome iphone pic

[WaistDeepGroomers]

We decided to do some powdah turns over at Stratham Hill for the first time this year. It was a nice change from the techy new stuff we've been riding. But holy shit they have clear cut the hell out of the place! We were told that there is some bug attacking the trees.

I searched and came up with nothing specific for Stratham, but the Emerald Ash borer is listed in NH as an invasive little fucker. The trails for the most part are ok...some skidder tracks here and there, and one of the newer trails is toast. They can all be revived, but just not the same without 'that' big tree 'there' and the other one 'here', etc. Ahh, nothing we can do about it. The other thing is that it potentially opens up new lines to be made...if they let it happen.

This was new to us also...little wooden bridgeway via awesome iphone pic

That was my local loop before moving out to JXN. They had just started cutting before I left but I hear it's on a massive scale now. Shit to hear. Is the berm I built at the bottom of the DH before you cross the rock wall ridden in yet?

[strawjack]

Yeah, I think I know the berm you're speaking about. A right hander? We rode up the lookers right line then took the next one over to the right down (which connects with the up). We f'd up because we passed a couple going down on our up and then caught up to them on the down right before the berm, so we didn't hit it at speed. I like that way riders right line that is almost straight and the turny steep one in the middle is ok. I have never made it up that one. Rog did once on a 29er. Line is critical on that climb.

The tree balance beam is gone and that whole side (Jewell) is devastated. I honestly could not believe the clear cut. It will actually make for some good xc and noboard turns this winter! ...the bright side

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Yeah, I think I know the berm you're speaking about. A right hander? We rode up the lookers right line then took the next one over to the right down (which connects with the up). We f'd up because we passed a couple going down on our up and then caught up to them on the down right before the berm, so we didn't hit it at speed. I like that way riders right line that is almost straight and the turny steep one in the middle is ok. I have never made it up that one. Rog did once on a 29er. Line is critical on that climb.

The tree balance beam is gone and that whole side (Jewell) is devastated. I honestly could not believe the clear cut. It will actually make for some good xc and noboard turns this winter! ...the bright side

Yup that one. Should be anchored with some rocks in the back. That's my favorite stretch to blast down, and both the options coming Into that stretch are rad. Not sure if I've cleaned that climb you're talking about or not.

Bummer to hear about the clear cuts. Are people building new trail with the open space? Felt like a few sections could be made super fun with a few bermish features into the contours of the hills.