The weather forecast doesn’t look too auspicious, but think how hardcore you will feel if you turn out for NEMBA Fest in the rain! Riding in the mud can be fun. Anyhow, as posted a long ways back, it takes place tomorrow (Sunday 10/4) at Bear Brook State Park.

I have never been, but I bet the New England Mountain Bike Association fall festival is a pretty good time. It’s coming up 10-4 at Bear Brook, here’s their press release on same:
Get Ready for NEMBAfest @ Bear Brook!
Sunday October 4th
We’ve got a great location for our mountain bike festival and the riding is going [...]

As reported in the Lowell Sun, and previously on these pages, there’s a new rail trail a comin’ round the bend, the Bruce Freeman trail. The first 6.8 mile section officially opens on Saturday.  The trail will run south through Chelmsford and beyond. The north end is near the Lowell/Chelmsford border (and the junction of 495 and [...]

As I mentioned recently, I had come upon some ruins of the old settlement of Monson while exploring around the Granite Town Rail Trail. Last night, I revisited some other trails in the area, around Federal Hill in Hollis and Milford, and off the Monson Center site…
Some of the old trails west of Federal Hill Road [...]

Much as I enjoy hill climbing (and descents), sometimes I like to ride the rails, too. A recent note from reader Gerry Kemske reminded me that I still hadn’t visited the Granite Town Rail Trail, so I remedied that this last weekend. (See also this map).
 
I’m glad I did: it’s a good area, with enough [...]

If you like a bit of challenge with your mountain biking, and you haven’t been lately to the Yudicky Fields and Lovewell Pond trails, it’s time for another visit.

For one, the field around the old dirt bike track is in glorious bloom, and better yet, the trail-smiths of the New England Mountain Bike Association have [...]

I went one for two on summits during my recent furlough from work, which was dominated by unrelenting rain.
Thunderstorms turned us back the first time that Evan and I tried Mt. Jefferson (last year), but this year we made the 5716 ft. top. It was a gloriously sunny day (although the summit itself was in a [...]

I had time for just a quick one today, and rode my bicycle for an hour, dipping into Dunstable. One hour on the public roads brought two passing motorists yelling comments.
The first came on Route 113, from a fellow who said something about “idiot.” For the record, I agree. I’m an idiot. Then again, I’m [...]

My first mountain bike race did not start auspiciously.
 
I left the house about 15 minutes later than I’d intended, but that was no big deal. I’d still get there a good 40 minutes before the start, I figured.
 
About 20 minutes up the highway, I realized I hadn’t brought my inhaler.
 
That’s not good for a guy [...]

Today I learned: You can skip the stanky bug spray so long as you keep riding fast, but it will hurt worse when you crash.