Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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!

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