General Discussion

Weather was cool, 40's in the morn, but warmed up to 60 in the afternoon. I road with 2 other friends, and my goal was to complete the ride in 7hrs. I don't think I road anymore than 40miles at a time, so it might be somewhat difficult this year. The gallop is a ride from NCACC to Danielsville, over the blue mountain to Delware Water Gap, down to Wind Gap and back to NCACC. I have to say I was riding strong right from the beginning, but my one friend bonked at 50 miles and decided to hang with him after we got some hydration and snacks at the second checkpoint.

One of those "on" rides that is, you know what I'm talking about. Everything just happened, without effort, I flowed down the trail like water.

It was just the right combination of factors that fell into place. Legs were rested from a couple days off the bike. Weather was a perfect 58 degrees and sunny. Leaves are starting to fall and the trails were gorgeous and in perfect condition from the rain we had.

Every ride can't be as perfect as that one was, but man do I love when that happens.

I can't remember anything about it, but I sure laughed a lot!

If there was any doubt as to Nazareth local Robbie Lichtenwalner's star power, here is more proof. From cyclingnews.com:

24 hours of Moab draws top field of endurance racers
Nat Ross
Photo ©: Xavier Fane

1) Check out VMB... AH
http://www.vmbah.org/

2) Anybody else dig "The Devil Is In The Potato Salad" in the last Dirt Rag?
(Looked for a link but it's not online.)

Careful where you walk when you're up on the Broad!

By the formatting options.

Who's the jokester?

Avast! This website be taken over by pirates on September 19th. Yarr!

hey, riders! does anyone have a spare rear wheel with 8 rings that you don't need? a friend of mine is fixing up a mountain bike for commuting to work.
thanks~
liz lang

Oh boy, it's that time again. On Sunday Nov. 4th, the Dirt Jumping and XC world will converge upon Rancho Relaxo (A.K.A. Ted's Backyard)in Downingtown, PA for the Ruckus at the Ranch. Ted has cooked up a lot of new cool lines this summer, and is ready to treat you to a trick or two!

On Sunday, October 21st, the Hubbard Bicycle Club will host Jeff Lenosky for his Trials Stunt Show. This is very exciting as Jeff is a world reknowned riding personality and a great rider. Hubbard is a great bike club that has amazing trails and atmosphere. I hope you can all attend. Please do not call Jeffery the "Polish Rifle", however, if you value your life.

For more info, check out www.hubbardbike.com or www.sicklerbikes.com next week for details and times.