Round Valley TM - Friday June 10th

Patrick

Overthinking the draft from the basement already
Staff member
are we moving the switchbacks into the woods, or staying on the power lines?
 

soundz

The Hat
Team MTBNJ Halter's
Sh*t I signed up for this? Ok I will be there. So who's in for camping on Thu?!
 
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JimN

Captain Wildcat
Team MTBNJ Halter's
@Norm - I'll be there tomorrow morning unless I text you otherwise. I know where the switchbacks are if I'm late, but I should be able to make it on time.
 

Norm

Mayor McCheese
Team MTBNJ Halter's
@Norm - I'll be there tomorrow morning unless I text you otherwise. I know where the switchbacks are if I'm late, but I should be able to make it on time.

Sweet. If anyone does not know where to go, shoot me a PM and I'll give you my cell # or explain it.
 

soundz

The Hat
Team MTBNJ Halter's
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jmanic

JORBA Board Member/Chapter Leader
Staff member
JORBA.ORG
Team MTBNJ Halter's

rick81721

Lothar
Great that you took pics Jimmy - I was thinking when I left no one took any. The second one is typical of my day - only bummer was we had to stop gabbing and pretend we were working when Norm came by ;). Seriously, it was great finally meeting Norm and Rich from the board. And I'm really looking forward to riding that new trail (for me at least - didn't even know it existed)!
 

Norm

Mayor McCheese
Team MTBNJ Halter's
First. Just want to say thanks to everyone who came out to help yesterday. We've got a bunch to do here and yesterday was a great first step.

In order of appearance I'd like to say thanks to:

@KenS
@Kirt
@jackx
@jmanic
@thegock
@JimN
@fidodie
@soundz
@qclabrat
@ktmrider
Frank
@rick81721
Jason

Plus special guest appearance by @Carson to Check our progress.

In all we put in 55 hours of work over the course of a 7 hour day. Thanks for every minute people were willing to give.

Work done:

-2 switchback reroutes
-bench cut the narrow crossover
-trim that whole corridor
-fixed up 2 turns in the lower section

Here's the top turn, the washed out rocks:

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The second reroute:

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The field crossover that was super narrow:

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One of the turns on the lower half. Behind me is a fence so we're a little limited on what we can do. So we de-cupped (no not D cups) the trail, tricked to nick it, and made the turn a tad wider. Hopefully it helps the water issues.

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Thanks again to yesterday's crew! Go ride it and let us know what you think!
 

Patrick

Overthinking the draft from the basement already
Staff member
Great day yesterday! Thank you @Norm for getting the wheel rolling (?) -
I arrived about 10:30 to the work area, and the crew already had the first
turn rocking its new look.

Thanks @Kirt and @KenS for patiently explaining some of the trail building techniques, and best practices.
Those will go to good use.

All-in-all, i think the spirit of RV was maintained, even if the chance of falling into the briar patch was greatly reduced.

Thank you to everyone that came out, and @soundz for bringing the coffee.
 
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