Category Archives: trails
Kingdom Trails Redux, September 2012
This past September weekend, a crew of us trekked back up to East Burke, for our 11th year of riding the trails at Kingdom Trails. Getting the chance to mountain bike at Kingdom Trails in East Burke, VT once is a pleasure, doing it multiple times a year is down right amazing, riding them for 11 years, straight …Continue Reading
Linking Russell Mill Pond to Great Brook Farm to Thanksgiving Ground Forest and back
Today I set out to link two town forests and a state park. My goal was to park at Russell Mill Pond and Town Forest in Chelmsford, MA and ride some of the better trails before heading out to the far southeast corner to dip out of the park. Once out of Russell Mill I …Continue Reading
Tiring of the Middlesex Fells debate
So for a LONG time I have bitten my tongue when a new article, blog posts, tweets, etc. were written by someone bashing DCR, NEMBA and individual mountain bikers. There have been exceptions when one goes over the top, but I have been pretty restrained. That all ends today. I am tired of the Friends of …Continue Reading
New GeoURL trail map links for Android phones
Tonight I deployed new GeoURL links to the ride pages, for use on Android phones. These new links will appear on the trail pages underneath each ride map, just click on the “Android” links. These links, when opened on an Android phone, will launch the native Google Maps Application. This integration is key since this will …Continue Reading
Fanning the Political Flames of the Middlesex Fells
Politics. We can’t seem to get away from them. Not only are the 2012 presidential elections coming up but politics that determine where we can ride our mountain bikes seem to be at an all time high. People just keep adding gasoline to the flames. Case and point, this post: http://sectionhiker.com/multi-use-conflict-and-trail-overuse-in-the-middlesex-fells/ Posts like that make my blood boil. …Continue Reading
