Hello Brothers and Sisters of
Advocacy,<br><br>This next week begins many adventure in advocacy
otherwise knows as National Trails Day... I'll be working
at Coyote Ridge with VOC (Volunteers for Outdoor
Colorado). It should be a grand time!<br><br>I hope everyone
gets involved in one of the many projects in their
local areas!<br><br>Ride (and work) On!<br><br>Jeff

How's this for a twist on getting the personpower
for your next trail work session?<br>A few weeks ago,
the Southeast chapter of Michigan Mountain Biking
Association was working with the City of Novi on a 7-mile
trail in a 600-acre wooded parcel. Over the years,
various lowlifes had used it as a dumping ground, and
some of the prettiest singletrack was marred by the
sight of old washing machines and stoves, rusting out
in the woods. We (MMBA) offered the muscle to get
the stuff out of the woods and put it near the
2-tracks, where trucks could haul it away.<br>The City
threw in a half-dozen inmates from the County Jail, who
were on work release. It helped a lot, and the inmates
enjoyed the work out in the woods. Usually they're
picking trash in municipal parking lots and stuff.<br>So
when you're working with local land managers, ask if
they have access to inmates, or to lesser offenders
who've been sentenced to perform community service.
Muscle is muscle.<br>Dan

I just checked the IMBA Trail Care Crew schedule
at:
<a
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tml
target=new>http://www.greatoutdoors.com/local/partners/imba/trailcare/schedule/i\
ndex.html</a><br>It appears that Crew #2 will bed in VT/NH from July
27-31. Even if it's not a "seminar," a session with the
crew is always informative. Often they'll walk a
"problem" trail with local MTB advocates and land managers,
pointing out possible solutions. I've done several trails
with TCC #1, and I always learn something.<br>I
suggest emailing TCC #2 for details of their visit. Have
a great summer!<br>Dan

Hello Brothers and Sisters of Advocacy! How is
everyone's Spring/Summer going? It is already baking hot
here.. Did a great ride (and found how out of shape I
am!!!) at Elk Meadows this last weekend! Just enough
technical stuff to keep it interesting with some really
fast windy sections on great singletrack!
WooHoo!!!<br><br>Ciao for Now - Ride Ride Ride!!!<br><br>Jeff

I never made it to Denver, Jeff. We drove
straight from Washington to Fruita. If I ever do get to
Denver with some time to spare you can be sure that I'll
get in touch with you. I'd love to ride the Colorado
Trail with you.<br><br>Kevin Axt<br>Richland, WA

Welecome to Calgary in May. Temperature is below
freezing, and snow is falling outside my window as I type.
God I love this town. <br>I've made contact with my
old friends at the Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance,
and was able to attend an exec meeting a few days
ago. It was great to see all the familiar faces. Even
better was to see some new ones - always good to get
some fresh blood injected into the group.
<br>Laura-Lee is now back from Taiwan! Those of you following
IMBA Canada may recognize the name. This remarkable
woman has been my inspiration and mentor with regard to
mountain bike advocacy ever since I got activly involved
with CMBA when I was 16. Has it really been 3 years
already???<br><br>Hopefully the snow will stop by the weekend. There's a
mountain biking festival at Canada Olympic Park on
Saturday. You may remember this site from the Ski Jumping,
Luge, etc. events from the '88 Olympics. Round 2 of the
Alberta DH series will be taking place, and they are
letting you use the chair lift at no charge (in the
summer, the place is a mountain bike park, and you have
to buy lift tickets)! Sweet - I won't have to climb
this weekend!<br><br>Reports from the front lines of
advocacy in the Calgary/Banff area as they
occur...<br><br>Ryan

But what about us Cannucks?Eh Jeff!!(he,he...)I know,not a problem.Riding
weather, on it's way,organizing some rides and some organizing of the MTB
community here.<br>                     deroyo

The riding in Fruita is beautiful and is a lot
like a smaller version of Moab in places - but enough
difference to make it really fun.<br><br>We have an awful
lot of great riding opportunities because of all of
the dedicated trail volunteers out here who like to
ride and maintain at the same time! It is a great
place!<br><br>Kevin - I'm surprised you didn't let me know when you
came into town! I would have shown you some cool
trails... Some sections of the Colorado Trail that we
maintain (TCS) are as awesome as Fruita... Whether it is
riding through a grove of aspens past the elk, or a wild
windy singletrack section across a mountainside... We
do have it all.. ;-)<br><br>But I still love all of
you folks in the other states too!<br><br>Riding
Riding Riding,<br><br>Jeff

Well, thanks for the invite.... but i guess i was
hoiping for smething closer by.. i am short on the money
and i can't get away from work to travel that far. :(
oh. well, i'll have to keep my ears open. maybe i'll
check with the local bike shop... maybree they'd know.
something about that or something like it. :D

From what I have seen and heard,I can't say I blame you.I wish it was closer to
me.Pete sure did some nice stuff with that clip,love the tune!How was howling at
the moon with Sas and Lefrog?

is all I can say about the riding at Fruita.  I wanna go back!

Or, are not lucky enough to go to FRUITA
Colorado,you'll watch this clip over and over...<br><br>
<a href=http://www.petefagerline.com/video/joebaby.mpg
target=new>http://www.petefagerline.com/video/joebaby.mpg</a><br><br> Jeff and
Kevin,you lucky#$%^&&*&* I really envy
you guys.<br><br><br>p.s. to view this clip you will
need:a mop<br> a pail<br>to wash the drewl off the
floor. (he,he...)<br> Enjoy!!(I know I did,immensly)<br>
RIDE ON<br> Denis

Well, if your willing to travel to VA. We have
the IMBA coming to Richmond, VA on May 28. This is a
typical visit where we will ride and discuss trail
maintenance among other things. If your interested drop me an
e-mail at mtbva@... for more info.

trail building??? teach me!! I am curious about that .. is there any going on in
the lovely state i'm in of New Hampshire??? <br><br>-jean (shells)

Hello Fellow Trail Advocates!<br><br>I've been at
two trail events the last two weeks and crazy at work
between... TCS (my local club) had a trail day at Waterton
Canyon (gorgeous place!!!) two weeks ago and last week I
flagged some new trail at Indian Creek.. Gotta LOVE
IT!!!<br><br>How about everyone else??<br><br>Ride On
All!!!!<br><br>Jeff

So Chiotti has admitted to taking EPO when he won
his '96 XC
championship.<br><a
href=http://www.mountainbike.com/race/race_news/rn_20000424-8585.shtml
target=new>http://www.mountainbike.com/race/race_news/rn_20000424-8585.shtml</a>\
<br><br>What do you think? He freely admitted his guilt, in an
effort to come clean and expose the flaws in the testing
process. Should he be suspended? Have his title taken
away?<br><br>Ryan

Hey All!!! I've been asking everyone to post to
the calendar and haven't done so myself... So - now I
am! I should have TCS's complete list on here by
tomorrow (Friday). I'd love to have everyone post their
events and trail days so that we can use this as a
resource for folks all over the country!<br><br>So time to
ante up!!! And Build Some Trail!!!<br><br>Jeff

Hello Brother and Sister Advocates!<br><br>The
workshop was incredible! It snowed Saturday and we got
some great site reconaissance in and enjoyed the snow.
Sunday came and was in the 60's and warm enough for
shorts. We did the trail flagging after shooting
percentage of slope with the clinometers. Then we
center-flagged what would be the trail bed. This project was on
a site that will connect Denver's Mountain Park
system with Jefferson County's Open Space Park
system.<br><br>I'll be posting some of the information in the near
future.<br><br>Hope everyone else had as good a weekend as I
did!<br><br>Ride On All!!!<br><br>Jeff

I've been waiting for the first class with my apple in hand,it was green but
slowly turning red.Hope nothing has happened to him on his camping trip.<br>
Signed,Worried.

Yes you heard me right, PAID TRAILWORK.  MTBVA has been blessed with the
opportunity to cut virgin trails in Dorey Park in Richmond, VA.  See my profile
for E-mail or website for more info.

Happy trails Jeff and happy camping!!ENJOY!!!What time will you start the class
on sunday,do I need to bring an apple for the teacher?

Hello Dedicated Brothers and Sisters of Advocacy!
I'm headed for my first "class" of the season. It is
a Trail Building Seminar put on by Volunteers for
Outdoor Colorado. First chance to camp for the year as
well!!! See you all on Sunday with some new knowledge
filling my noggin...<br><br>Ride (and BUILD)
On!<br><br>Jeff

On the East End of Richmond, VA, Dorey Park. We
are meeting with the Park Ranger at 10 AM on April
15th to finalize construction plans and begin new
trail building possibly the next day or weekend.
Contact me for details.

I am an IMBA member, 5 years. I kinda run the
show for MTBVA on the East End of Richmond, VA. We
recently got a grant to begin construction on brand
spankin' new trails at Dorey Park. This leads me to my
next post.<br><br>Jason

Great to have you as a member, why don't you tell us a little about yourself and
where you are from?

That reminds me. Would anyone happen to have the
commercial that Lance did for Vector? I haven't been able to
find it in any of my normal sources. <br>Now that I'm
on the topic of biking commercials, there's a new
one out this week (Nike?) about a roadie passing an
18 wheeler, then the truck trying to pass the
cyclist and sideswipe him, and the cyclist pushing the
truck off of a cliff. Can anyone help?

I assume most of you have seen the Nike
commercial that came out a few months ago with Lance
Armstrong (overtones of dopeing, 'people want to know what
I'm on... what am I on, I'm on my bike 6 hours a day,
what are you on.'<br><br>I have that commercial on my
system in .mov format if anyone wants it. My question is
this: in the origional version, Lance says "...6 hours
a day busting my ass...". I would really like to
get my hands on this copy because, I own a Trek,
Lance is a hero of mine, and well, it's a really cool
line. Can anyone help out with a link/upload,
etc?<br><br>Ryan<br>mtnbike_advocate@...<br>ICQ#
21797051<br><br>(eagarly awaiting the new Nike
Alison Sydor (my other hero) ad that will be coming out
around the olympics)

Good evening new member, it's great to have you
here. I like the website - linking local trail reviews
to mtbr is a great idea: I'll have to pass it by my
organization.<br><br>Happy Trails!<br>Ryan<br>(23 more days until I have
time to ride)<br>[bloody finals]

Welcome to the club Mr MTBVA!<br><br>Everyone
give a warm welcome to our newest member! And please
post your events and such to the club calendar so we
know what is happening with you all!<br><br>Ride
On!<br><br>Jeff

I know what you mean,I received the posting from
CMBA(the same one you received)and was going to do a
posting here but GOOD OL' JEFF beat us to it.Then I go to
UDOH and he has done the same thing,what a
guy.Anyway,it's good to see that we now have a national IMBA
rep.<br> Ride On