The Essential Gear for Mountain Biking (in my opinion)

Hey guys here is a video on the essential riding gear you will need to go mountain biking, enjoy!

Vietnam Milford, Mass Ride

Hi guys, so the other day I was reading the newest publication of single tracks magazine. Its a monthly publication of mountain biking through out New England, trail work, races and rides. Its normally a black and white publication (since its complementary) however this month they had a for page spread in color of all this trail work done by NEMBA (new england mountain bike association) in Milford, Mass in a place the call Vietnam. They peaked my interest so my friend Sam and I went down on Tuesday. 

According to the single track publication Vietnam is known for its north-shore feel, lots of jumps, drops, gaps, log rides and step-ups. After ten minutes into our ride we confirmed the north shore feel. Vietnam is filled with huge jumps, handfuls of drops, perfect berms and much more. Unfortunately Sam destroyed his front wheel after his second drop. Overall we had a decent time, we felt as though the trails were not marked out nicely and we had to do a lot of walking. We would like to go back with someone that knows the trails, with a bike that had more travel to absorb the drop and jumps and with a mind set that we're not going to sit down and pedal 10-15 miles. 

I put a video of me doing a drop out at Vietnam, it doesn't look that big but their actually was a five foot transition from top to bottom!

Change a Flat Tire

Hey guys, I have a brief tutorial on how to change a flat tire. I'm using my road bike because my mountain bike is being repaired! Let me know if you have any questions!

New Trails @ Bear Brook!

Yesterday I went to Bear Brook State Park to ride the news trails built by NEMBA. NEMBA is a mountain bike organizational that organizes trial care, rides and races (i put the link to their page at the bottom). The two new trails they built are called Little Bear Down (new) and Big Bear a down hill trail only which means one thing speed! Little Bear is known for being one of the fastest trails out at the state park however, after being ridden hundreds of times the trail is becoming extremely rooted and rutted out. The new little bear is designed to take riders away from the old little bear in hopes of it regrowing and hopefully re opening years down the road. The new little bear is not nearly as fun nor fast as the old little bear, that is why they build big bear as a downhill substitute. When I rode it you can tell it was a recently build trail, it was very soft, the lines to ride were not easy to pick not to mention the fact that it was raining out. I'm looking forward to riding it after its been dry for a couple days!

NEMBA Link

Kingdom Trials

Yesterday (10/3/12) I had the day off from work and school along with two of my friends. We decided to take a trip up to Kingdom Trails in East Burke, VT. The weather didn't corporate with us and we knew this a couple days prior, since all three of us rarely have a whole day off together we said were not canceling  30% change of rain never hurt anyone. Needles to say after 20 minutes of riding we were covered in mud and soaking wet. Honestly is doesn't even matter, the trails at Kingdom are so worth riding in the sun, rain, snow and in a hurricane (hurricane in VT??). We ended up riding 16 miles, I think I fell off only 3 or 4 times, not too bad for slippery and muddy conditions! The more important part is that none of us got hurt or broke any parts on our bike!

I felt bad for my friend Sean, it was his first time riding at Kingdom. I was telling him how fun, fast and smooth all the trails are. When the trails are wet they are not fast or smooth, but they are fun! I told Sean we will plan another trip next spring when it is dry so he can experience the speed of the trails, he had a blast even though it was soaking wet.

I put a link to KT at the bottom of the post.

Here is the Jeep all loaded with our bikes! Sad part-> 17.5 MPG with all the wind drag :(

http://www.kingdomtrails.com/