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09-28-2018, 11:01 AM #1376Banned
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Wow. What a day to be out on the Flow-tech. Good amount of leaves down but not too many. Wet, firm, fast, and loose, just like prom night. From "Oh Man!" to "Oh My" in an instant. Hero grip to zero grip from one moment to another. Love it when the trails ride so well and so difficult. Everything else is just practice for fall riding. I love MTB.
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09-28-2018, 03:52 PM #1377
Waterbury, VT area October 18-22 a bad idea?
Seems a good one to me. Figure to camp and sample local riding/eats/beer.Florence Nightingale's Stormtrooper
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09-28-2018, 06:57 PM #1378
Could be great. If it rains it will obviously suck, but if dry yoy will have a ton of options.
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09-29-2018, 05:08 AM #1379Banned
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09-29-2018, 06:13 AM #1380
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09-29-2018, 09:17 AM #1382Registered User
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Perfect day at KT yesterday. Explored some Burke and East Haven trails. Trail of the day was probably Lower J Bar, well worth the slog of a climb.
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09-29-2018, 06:28 PM #1383
Great day at KT. 35 miles, hopefully more of the same tomorrow.
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09-29-2018, 07:40 PM #1384
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09-29-2018, 07:44 PM #1385
Pump track in the woods. Worth the climb.
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09-30-2018, 05:00 AM #1386Registered User
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Yes, essentially a very long pump track. I broke off the brown sidewalk to ride some natural trails but that small network is mostly machine built.
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09-30-2018, 05:26 AM #1387Banned
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1xSp91Bg4
Nice to see a legit feature built on a trail not at a lift served area.
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09-30-2018, 06:35 AM #1388Registered User
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I definitely didn’t come across that stone feature, I’ll be looking for it next time. Awesome video, BTW.
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09-30-2018, 06:51 AM #1389Banned
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Riding up in a new-to-me spot today at 1. Heard there's some real nice, hand built going on there. Wet week coming up, I imagine a lot of leaves will come down. Geddit. I'll take some pictures.
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09-30-2018, 01:32 PM #1390
After mentioning Pine Ridge last week, I decided to head up there for the first time. I forgot how small it is. They do have some really enjoyable features including several ridge spines and a nice amount of tech/ flow. It’s good for an hour and change and about 8 miles. Bond Brook is much better but this is a great alternative if you happen to be in the area
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09-30-2018, 03:41 PM #1391
My thoughts exactly. If it is nice send a pm and maybe I can give you a tour if you like.
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09-30-2018, 04:48 PM #1392
New Bear trail in CV is killah, opens up the options around Stratton Brook hut
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09-30-2018, 06:21 PM #1393Banned
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Vermont's starting to pop. Cool trails. Cool rock work. New, techy, primitive trail. Views of the Worcesters from one aspect, and the Whites from the other.
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09-30-2018, 07:00 PM #1394
Great ending to the weekend at KT. Cool, dirt was tacky. Morning with J-bar and moose alley, afternoon with coronary and the trails in that area.
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09-30-2018, 07:14 PM #1395
Is it on Stormin Normin? Didn't see it on Black Bear. Heard SN had legit kickers.
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09-30-2018, 07:32 PM #1396Registered User
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10-01-2018, 05:01 AM #1397Banned
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10-01-2018, 08:03 AM #1398
I thought the hand built trails were the best. Maybe the best in the entire KT system. That black off the tippy top was just phenomenal. Like bump skiing on a bike. It reminded me of Charlemont (MA), before they destroyed their best trails to host enduro races.
Yet all of the KT staff and ambassadors were really pushing the machine built stuff. "Stormin' Norman! Black Bear! That's all you need to ride!" I get it, but... I don't. Know what I mean?
I have to admit, though, the lower 2/3rds of Black Bear was pretty ripping. *Just* rough enough to not feel like a roller coaster. Still, there is even better stuff up there.
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10-01-2018, 09:07 AM #1399Registered User
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I only rode the Black Bear/Blue Bear combo over at East Haven and, while it was fun, I found it a little underwhelming. I dig the pump track/flow trails infrequently but find myself seeking out the natural trails at KT. I get that KT is geared quite a bit at reaching a wide range of riders but the machine built trails are becoming way to common. But then again, I need to ride all the East Haven trails before I complain too much like an old curmudgeon.
We rode on some genuinely wet, rooty and awesome trails I had never thought to ride - BurnEm Up, Camptown, Lower J and Moose Deuce. I love KT and won't bitch about it; such a beautiful place to ride and its so close. KT's natural, rooty up and down trails are a really a blast and I wish they would continue to develop those as oppose to the non-stop flow trails.
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10-01-2018, 09:44 AM #1400
I'm def not trying to bitch, and hope it didn't come across that way. I was up there 2 weeks ago and it was some of the best riding of my season. Great place, wish I was there right now.
Agree on machine built becoming too common. It's always nice to have a few, but soft, raw trails that follow the undulations of the terrain can't be beat, IMO. They are more fun, and hold up better.
My point I guess is this: if you're going to moose haven, explore the blacks; don't get sucked into the marketing hype of the machine built blues. It's all good, but the blacks are awesome.
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