FitmanNJ
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Iggy, did you see any ice when you did your recon ride? I have a wheelset with studded tires, but will unstudded tires be fine in all likelihood? Thanks, and see you tomorrow morning.
Wildcat Group Ride 1/13 Sunday
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I actually rode Stephens, so can't say for sure how much ice is in Wildcat. Having been there last week, I'm gonna say there should not be enough ice to warrenty studs but @JimN would probably know better.
I wouldn't bring studded tires tomorrow. I don't expect there too be too much ice.
FitmanNJ
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When did you last have a chance to ride Wildcat, Jim (the regular Wednesday ride, I'm hoping)? I ask because I got the dates mixed-up and was out there LAST Sunday.
There were several pools of water (especially on the north end of the park, and that stretch of trail just east of the batcave parking lot) that were so deep that I couldn't see the trail underneath. We've had a pretty good week of dryness, so these "bad" places may have evaporated, but ?? Maybe I'll bring two wheelsets and make a call in the morning.
Yeah I was last there on Wednesday. I did some other stuff nearby today and it was all fine. The yellow trail near the reservoir will probably have a lot of ice because it's been really wet lately. The light blue blazed Beach Glen trail should be fine on the single track except for 2-3 really small puddles, but the woods road sections will have some bigger frozen puddles. I don't know what loop we are doing yet because I like to wait until the last minute and wing it, but I don't plan to do any ice skating. I'm not running studded tires and I don't really expect that anyone else will either. You're free to do that if you want, but I expect the ride tomorrow to be 99% ice free.
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Current conditions look great. A dusting of snow (my grass is still green) and mid 20s. A few light flurries still falling. See ya'll there.
Much such. Thanks all for coming out and hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Thanks @pooriggy for organizing, thanks @JimN and Bill @graveyardman67 for leading, thanks @UtahJoe and Dave? for sweeping. And thanks Steph for the Brownies and helping even if you are loud. See ya all next month.
Great riding with everyone today. Hope we can get another group ride in next month
Great ride today everyone! Sorry i didn't get to talk to too many people. I was too busy sucking wind and then pounding brownies! Thanks @JimN and @sarcaro ! Wildcat always kicks my butt with the combo of tech and climbing. I'm going to try to organize a big group ride at Sourlands at some point this winter. If you liked the big rock features on Oreland today, Sourlands is for you. Below is me. Thanks for the photo and good seeing you @THATmanMANNY!
THATmanMANNY
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@gmb3 hey man that shot ain’t free and I look better! Thanks to the homie (identify yourself) for this photo. Good seeing some OGs and meeting some new. Always good to ride a new place. Thanks to all leaders, sweepers, builders the decent Norm i kid i kid, coordinators, bakers, @UtahJoe @graveyardman67 my dropper post woes, ladies looking good, the men were meh.
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Great ride today, thanks everyone for coming out! And thanks to the Wildcat Wednesday regulars that showed up. It's a lot easier to run a ride like this when there are some people that are familiar with the trails.
This obviously took extensive planning. It's not like you can just show up and stand around in the parking lot in the freezing cold, eating brownies and come up with a plan at the last minute to make this happen.
This obviously took extensive planning. It's not like you can just show up and stand around in the parking lot in the freezing cold, eating brownies and come up with a plan at the last minute to make this happen.
Forgot to add that if you did this ride and were thinking, "I heard Wildcat was hard, where were all the rocks?" You should hit me up for another tour.
@THATmanMANNY ^^^
If you couldn't make this ride and want a tour of the easy stuff or the hard stuff, hit me up. I'm happy to show anybody around these trails or the other stuff nearby if these trails aren't hard enough for you.
@THATmanMANNY ^^^
If you couldn't make this ride and want a tour of the easy stuff or the hard stuff, hit me up. I'm happy to show anybody around these trails or the other stuff nearby if these trails aren't hard enough for you.