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| Tahoe Cycling News | October 2010 |
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Regional
Mt. Bike Riders Reconvene to Organize 
Mountain bike riders from around the Tahoe Basin will convene on Nov. 5, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, at South Lake Tahoe Parks & Recreation Dept., located at 1180 Rufus Allen Blvd., Cedar Room, to discuss how they want to proceed in forming a single regional club or a couple of clubs representing each area in the Basin.
If you are interested in helping organize a mountain bike club(s), or you just want to learn more, you may attend this meeting.
 The cycling conditions the past couple of weeks have been extraordinary. The combination of clear skies, warm weather, tacky trail threads, low traffic, and fall colors have been exhilarating and beautiful. Here are a couple of photos with pals playing, sharing, and training for their ski coaching duties coming up in the weeks ahead.
On the left is Joe Hayes and his daughter, Greg Lyons, Cliff, and Steve Evenson at Seneca (Hippie) Pond on the Gun Mount Trail. More photos on our Facebook page.
On the right, Red showing his pal "Weaven" the way through Catheral Trail.
South Shore
Second Round of Bike Racks Arrive
The second production round of bike racks has been completed and delivered to the City last week. For those of you who have completed your bike rack application form and received a site inspection, you will be contacted soon about rack delivery. Please accept our apology for the extended delay in delivering the racks. Businesses that are interested in a FREE bike rack from the City and haven't completed an application form may still do so my contacting Ty Polastri at biketahoe@aol.com or call 775.586.9566.
Kirkwood Commits to Mt. Biking  Kirkwood Mountain Resort is serious about mountain biking. General Manager, Chip Seamans, and Mountain Safety Director, Ricky Newberry went to Whistler this summer for a national bike park conference where they learned about best practices, success models of other ski resorts, and networked with consultants and others in this emerging new bike industry segment. As a result of that trip, Kirkwood management got infused with possibilities for their future and invited one of the world's leading bike park consultants to come out for a feasibility study and evaluation for the Kirkwood Mt. Bike Park.  And then on Oct. 16, 14 of us assembled with IMBA Trail Crew staff to learn about building sustainable single track trails and after lunch we went to the top of Chair 2 and built 750 feet of single track. This was a great model of how with experienced guidance, tools, supportive land managers (USFS & Kirkwood), and volunteers we can build trail in a very short amount of time. Kudos go out to Kirkwood and we look forward to building our future together. Sightings It was on Powerline Trail last week that Dr. Wendell Murdock, DDS, was sighted trying out his new Specialized Epic mountain bike. He said it had a Brain that could decipher when the suspension system needed to be rigid for smooth trails or soft to absorb the irregular terrain. Wendell is a longtime local whose son Cory was a member of Heavenly's Blue Angel Race Team as a kid and went on to become a member of the US Ski Team. Ride on Doc!
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Tips of the Month - Trail Etiquette & Sore Muscles
Native Surface Rules of the Trail:
- Ride on open trails only.
- Leave no trace. (avoid skid marks, pick up debris)
- Control your bicycle. (reduce speed where others may be present)
- Always yield trail to hikers and equestrians.
- Never spook animals.
- Plan ahead. (water, spare tubes, air pump, nutrients, helmet)
- Enjoy the ride, friends and surroundings.
Sore Muscles
To help prevent muscle soreness after a strenuous ride, pedal easily during the final 10 minutes and avoid hills. Steve Evenson, says "if cramping occurs while riding try using Tums - the high dose of calicum in Tums helps reduce the cramping quickly." |
 Become a member of the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition & Attend Meetings.
And, please e-mail this newsletter to family and friends to let them know more about Tahoe cycling in general and how the Coalition is working to improve the bicycle friendliness of our communities.
Anyone may attend the Coalition's monthly meetings. They are held on the second thursday of each month at Design Workshop, 128 Market St, Ste. 3E, Stateline, NV from 5:30-7:00 pm.  |
Dear Tahoe Cycling Buddies,
The riding has been great - the trail thread, colors, pals and getting ready for snowsports.
And, there have been and continues to be opportunities for you to help build and improve our bicycle community and culture - ranging from building single track, helping organize the mountain bike community, to taking photos and videos to share with us and more.
There are a lot of new announcements coming in the near future that I'm confident you will appreciate and be jazzed about. Stay tuned. And, check out the Fall Photo Album on our Facebook page for more pics of us absorbing this awesome place we call home.
Upload your photos and videos to our Facebook page. We would love to learn about your rides.
Still riding,
Ty Polastri President, LTBC |
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