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Wow, a big Thank You! to everyone who showed up at our SIUE workday this past weekend. Forty-nine (49!) people showed up and we completed the new section of trail…yes completed. It was a total of 0.3 miles of trail, while not a lot, it is still something.

Lisa and I were headed down to my Grandpa’s for Thanksgiving in Vienna, MO and towed our bikes along for a 30 mile gravel ride put together by Dan Fuhrman of Route 66 Bicycles. The ride was on Black Friday and the weather couldn’t have been any more mild for late November.

Some features may or may not make it in the first generation of the new site but I’m trying with the help of Rob B. to make it happen.

A lot of the work GORC performs goes unnoticed – and that’s a good thing. From downed trees to drainage issues, the club keeps tabs of the area trails every time riders hit the dirt.

Several GORC members showed up to St. Louis 2011 edition of Cranksgiving, the nation’s largest satellite event by far. Originally started by bike messengers in NYC, Cranksgiving is a combination bike ride/food drive, with all proceeds going to local food pantries

This year it’s at Creve Coeur Park following the workday on Nov. 5th. Now we’ve held these parties for the last 5 years, starting at Greensfelder, and moving to Cliff Cave last year. Strangely enough, the promise of free beer, food and cake(!) has not been enough to draw many additional people.

First, I’ll introduce myself. Hi, I’m MashOr or Mitch the Masher or just plain Mitch. I’ve been riding (and crashing) mountain bikes obsessively for over 20 years, building trail for almost as long, worked in various bike shops for over 10 years and generally like to tell people about whatever is going on.

Both Lisa and I came to the conclusion in early August that we would again attend the Brown County Break Down in Nashville, IN the weekend of October 8th. Unfortunately the BCB always conflicts with the Burnin’ 12 hour race.

Last Tuesday I treated myself to some new dirt. Since Binder Lake in Jefferson City MO has been on my to do list for a while and BigJimMac was available for a few hours after work to give a guided tour, I couldn’t pass it up.

Gateway Off Road Cyclists ( GORC ) with St Charles County Parks invites children (8-14) and parents to celebrate International Mountain Bike Association ( IMBA ) sponsored “National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day”.