King City

This was our first outing to this ride spot. What a pleasant surprise to find excellent riding on trails designed for MTB riders. The loops were tight and hilly after a flat open section. Lack of signs confused us a bit but since the area is small you can’t get lost.

We had a group of 13 riders, one guy from Australia and another from Virginia, welcome boys. The only short coming of this location is it is a short loop of perhaps 8km so we rode it the other way too. Some of us headed to a ride I have done on Seneca King campus but they have closed this to MTB riders :^( So we did a bit of the Oak Ridge trail the other way.

An excellent spring ride on a hot day ended up in the village of King City for a beer and bite. This new spot will be on the schedule as it’s central, free, well designed and just off the Hwy for the beginner - intermediate rider.

Palgrave

We got out for a fabulous ride at Palgrave today. There was a bit of snow but conditions were primo. Lots of loose debris and few downed trees but all in all a great ride. We had 6 people out with 2 guests. We got in 15KM in total, some folks called it a day after 8. All in all it was a great ride.

here a GPS map of our ride http://www.gps-sport.net/trainings/Palgrave_96274

See you on the trails! John G.

Durham Forest

The traditional first ride at Durham Forest was covered in snow this year. Unlike other years where the snow is old and packed down, this year we experienced very loose snow cover. It had snowed just days before and the riding was a stuggle through the white stuff.

An hour of not to fast and free riding pushed us to the sideroad which we raced down to the parking lot of Glen Major and back. We meet Hana and Tanya along the way, the sun shone and the crew headed over after to the bakery.