Kelso

We had 12 out to he ride today. Unfortunately 5 min into the ride Wes Plant took a endo and was unable to continue. His hand was unable to hold onto the bars. I am not sure if it is broken or not I have not heard. ( it was) We spent a fair bit of time playing on the tricks/rocks. Other than Wes's fall it was a great ride. Albeit a little cold

The GPS seems to have gone a stray at the first part of the ride. Other than that the map is accurate. http://www.gps-sport.net/trainings/Kelso_114481

John G.

Puslinch

Fine sunny weather and a full parking lot greeted us at this excellent ride spot. Unfortunately few cars were from our group. I think it must be the distance, being just before Cambridge can make it seem far, yet I got there in and hour from the Beaches. Hmmm anyway the place rocks folks, literally!

Yes indeed we had a blast riding over trails zig- zagging everywhere. Plenty of challenges, with rocks and roots. I think I found my favourite loop of all our rides half way in on the south side. You know the kind of trail that bikers build cause a hiker would got nuts walking this meander. Does it flow...

Next time give it a try, it’s worth the drive.

PS- did lunch at the Old Marina restaurant down the road, nice view!

Durham

Durham was nice. 14 people in total. I was expecting more. Doug was there. I wanted to come to Puslinch too but I screwed up my hand (landed with my hand on a stump) so it was difficult to ride and decided to give it a rest. - Mitch, ride leader

Knobby Newbie - Don Valley

We did some work going over logs (getting successfully larger), then went for a ride on the trails. Rode the lower trail in, and they wanted more fun stuff, so we rode the upper trail out. Group was slow (as expected), but they all handled the technical stuff well. We stopped a few times to discuss before trying some things, and they had no problems. 12 people, including 3 tbn members for this beginner ride.

Steve S. - leader

Ravenshoe

more rain, don’t think the ride was on

Shorthills

It was a mud-fest. But it was good mud! We had a blast and came back with our bikes and shins coated in Niagara’s richest clay. I even picked a few live earthworms out of my forks when I got home. Dan has the gory photos of our parking lot mud poses at ride’s end.

Despite our resemblance to WW1 trench soldiers, we got a great table at Rockway Glen winery restaurant and partook in their excellent Mothers Day brunch. A great day all around. - Ed D.

Yes it must have been the muddiest I ride since years ago in Haliburton. We where careful to not trash the trail. We had a brave beginner try MTBing. Trial by fire indeed. She stayed on the bike and we hear not swearing. lol I think she liked it :^) - Dan R.

Hilton Falls

Four people showed up at Hilton Falls parking lot after enduring hail on the drive there. There was nothing falling from the sky at 10am though.

We headed out on the main double-track trail and paid a visit to the Falls. Then we continued on to the backcountry trail system. The beginning of the trail was great - some rocks, but not overwhelming. That ended pretty soon though, and a very rocky terrain started. Traversing it was not easy at all [we all had hardtails, btw], and to make things worse every stop was prosecuted by a cloud of hungry mosquitoes.

We decided to turn back and took the 'Bogged up' trail. It was easier to traverse, but still very technical and wet. After some time it started raining, but everybody had rain gear, so it was alright.

When we hit the main trail, the rain stopped. We decided to take a break from rocks and make the double-track loop. We went half of it at a good pace, then stopped by a picnic table and made an obstacle to for training purposes. We had fun with it for about 15 minutes.

The return part of the loop was more rocky, but it went spectacularly well, probably because of the training we did just before hitting it. We returned back on a trail around the Hilton Reservoir, very dirty, but just as happy.

Glen Major

Mitch lead a great ride at today. We broke the ride into two a faster group and a slower group. Folks are still getting there legs but it was a good ride. The fast group had about 6 and around the same for slower group.

Here's the map of where we went http://www.gps-sport.net/trainings/Glen-Major_101785
The entry to Glen Major was quite washed out and muddy in places but that didn't last long. We went in through the new trails directly off the parking lot. Very nice.As you can see we headed over and did a little of Durham as well ... John G.

Another great installment of men (and woman) in tights :)