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The mountain cannot absorb anymore rain. The water is percolating out of the ground. Needs to dry out.

Does anyone know about the neatly arranged stick pile on the way up to Ice Cream? It has been there since I first started there 18 years ago. At the time, when I got lost, and I saw the stick sculptor, I then knew where I was. It never rots away because whoever the artist(s) are they keep adding...

The East Coast Greenway is looking for a full time director of its NJ, NY operation. www.greenway.org. Deadline Feb. 18. For those not familiar, this non profit is similar to Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. The ECG mission is to build a traffic free bike/walk route from Main to Florida. It has...

Facts about the water. Camp Sommers has their own closed system and well. I filled my water bottle at the shower house last wednesday and drank freely with no effect. During scheduled testing the water is sampled at multiple locations in the camp. Only one sample was tainted and that came from...

ChuckLe Smile.

VMBA has come up with a guide for those who wish to volunteer to clean up communities or donate to help out. https://vmba.org/2023-flood-response/

Join my group ride. We will go to the trails in Allamuchy State Park North who's bark is worse than the bite so to speak. It helps too riding from the BSA Camp which is at a higher elevation.

Sram makes a 11 by 50 cassete that fits the regular old shimano style hub. 12 speed I have one on my bike. Heavy though.

You can get around the tent regulations by sleeping under the stars most likely.

Sunday conditions were great despite the heavy rain last Thursday. So far in 2023 the normal winter conditions have been turned upside down. Maybe because the ground is not frozen so it can absorb the rain water. The trails I rode had plenty of dry leaves which could also act as a sort of...

Star Ledger had an article about this Sunday, front page of the New Jersey section. JORBA Tom Henegan had the sanest response, and the last word. Nicely done! https://www.nj.com/news/2022/12/nj-could-have-the-first-law-in-the-us-requiring-adults-to-wear-a-bike-helmet.html

Please join me for a 2 hour ride after trail maintenance.

I will be there to work and will trail ride afterwards if anyone would like to join the ride.

Yes, the registration is on BikeReg.com. You can register for Saturday only. There is not a category for Friday only, or Sunday only, but contact info at rideallamuchy dot com if you want to transfer a Saturday registration to Friday or Sunday. After Wednesday at 5 PM the online registration...

Here is some useful info about the weekend. All the faucets in the BSA camp provide clean well water good for drinking. At the check in table, and on the shower house, will be posted phone numbers. Please take note of these in case there are any problems or mishaps. Please bring garbage bags to...

Make sure the cable has a bit of slack when the lever is in the off position. The adjustment is tricky because you need enough movement to release but it needs to lock. The air is not what holds it up. It has a mechanical latch inside so if the cable is set too tight the latch wont close all the...

We have added a singletrack 10 minute quick loop in the main camp. It is up behind the shower house. The trail entrance is by site 7.

There is a lot to like here. There are loads of gravel roads and if you like hills you can make a day of riding from Coopetstown to Richfield Springs and back with plenty of gravel route options featuring some marvelous farming vistas. Glimmerglass State Park, on the lake, has swimming and...

This is a fun trip. All in this year. .

We put up two plates at each turn or trail intersection in case one falls down or a bear pulls it down which actually happened this weekend. One plate was ripped down with dirty smudge and a rotten log was rolled over next to it. Theory is a bear looking for grubs. Next year we are going to...