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If you’re a fan of the whacked-out traditional music, don’t show up late on Saturday. The band lineup is looking great. Big thanks to Mesa Cycles for footing the bill for us to get so many good bands.

There will be no monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 5th due to final preparations for the Midwest Mountain Bike Festival this weekend. Kirby says it’s ok to go drink beer and talk about bikes if you like. See you this weekend!

A few of us helped out with the DRJ sponsored Bike Clinc at Castlewood State Park on Saturday. We gave a little talk explaining what GORC does and a little about proper bike etiquette on the trail. We had a lot of interest in GORC and the Festival. Rich Love and the rest of the presenters gave GORC huge props for the work we do, very nice of them.

Yep, there were all kinds of people out there on Sunday enjoying the beautiful sunny weather, and nearly perfect trail. We ran into the Beeg and a couple of his buddies, Pete, GiGi, and Joe, Mike Dunston, and Rob, Barb and Boone. JohnnyD’s car was at the Mound, so he was somewhere in the area. Supposedly we just missed Dug and the Pirate.

Here’s a pretty descent picture of the double switchbacks out at Klondike. This past weekend we had 18 people come out and do a little pre-fest maintenance to the trails. We re-worked one of the switchbacks on the Hogsback and did a little benching here and there where needed.

Dirt Rag’s website has an article about riding this time of year and what can happen when wet or thawing trails are ridden. Most of the info comes from NEMBA’s website, which also provides a little more in-depth analysis.

The fine folks at Shawnee Mountain Bike Association, Southern Illinois’ IMBA Club, are building some tasty new trail, like the beautiful logride option above. See more pictures from their last workday here. They’re working this Sunday March 5th and don’t have nearly the number of people in the area as we do.

Thanks to all of the tips it was a breeze making it through another Mardi Gras.

Yep, the Trail Pimp’s got expensive taste. What with buying new trailbuilding tools, paying for newsletters, posters and other printed […]

There are several workdays going on this weekend. Why not get out and help build some trail. First, is our own re-route and maintenance at Matson Hill on Saturday, from 9-1. We’re going to re-route the one climb that’s become a little too rough to sustain. As usual, there will be a ride afterward pending the weather.