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10/28/2025 Every week Gets a little colder Old Man Winter’s Tapping on your shoulder Do it, do it now, don’t let it slide Gotta get up Get out Get it going ‘Fore you know it, It’s gonna be snowing Only gonna be a few more Tuesday Rides Got lights charged Your bike is on the rack It’s ready — lubed and pumped Even brought a snack Just gotta head out for the mountainside Great! So we’ll see you at AOC trailhead at 5:45.

TNR on leaf-blown trails 10/21/2025 Lovely leaves adorned the trees With brilliant colors so spectacular If they’d stayed right there, I’d needn’t swear But on bike trails, in particular I have often rudely spewed the crude vernacular When near-defoliation Precedes precipitation The leaves get wet And we’re beset With riding Turned to sliding That threatens my annihilation It’s my belief We’ve found relief And need not fault The fallen leaf For fomenting so much of our frustr

10/14/2025 Are trails too leaf-hidden to be safely ridden? Funny, that you should ask. Drought, freeze and a breeze left them littered...

10/7/2025 Trail is muddled Blocked or puddled? Employ a lawyer? No! See a sawyer To lug a log Trim a limb A trail hoer, blower, or mower...

9/30/2025 The Fifty’s been ridden and run I hope you had fun, or you won It’s a wonderful race That deserves our embrace But, I’m glad...

9/16/2025 Hey there, bike folks We’re headed back home We’ll be spinning our spokes As we roam the home loam I do love our forest — I’m...

9/9/2025 We've ridden here We've ridden there But, we’ll never arrive at Having ridden everywhere We can look hither and thither and over...

9/2/2025 Must be a mistake It can’t be September I mean, “for Pete’s sake!” How’m I s'posed to remember September’s the month That “30...

8/26/2025 Hey, mountain bikers Come join the flock The Tuesday Night Ride Is just up the block 1489 South Rd. (Route 106, Woodstock)...

Weather’s ’bout perfect, so whaddya wanna do? We should jump on our mountain bikes, just me and you And maybe those folks who’ve become...

Where will the group ride this Tuesday night be? Out on a bike is not where you’ll find me When the forecast says 6:00 temps over 90...

ATA's Tuesday Night Ride 8/5/2025 Raise a cheer!  A hoot!  A bark! For Tuesday’s ride! So good! A lark! (No rude remark or snooty snark)...

Possible TNR route (from FlowState a few years back) 7/29/2025 We guided this weekend in a State of Flow Sunday morning, we were raring...

Hmmm! 7/22/2025 Last TNR before Flow State. Let's do a final check up on the trails before the fest and maybe practice for ride guiding....

7/8/2025 We’ll be riding the trails of Chris Rumrill’s And also Julie Arnold We depend on them for some fun thrills And to prove that we...

Gonna be sunny, after all. 7/1/2025 Informed that storm warning is only for morning, Reposting a notice would only seem right You know...

7/1/2025 Monday’s a hot one And I know for certain Spot on, it’s not one For any exertion If Monday’s a fun day To spend in your undies...

6/24/2025 (as I said one year ago): Like it or not, It’s going to be hot But one way or another, We’ll give it a shot This Tuesday’s...

Rain tonight (no ride) 6/17/2025 We’ve seen this before It will rain and pour Then, it’s definitely getting better Sun in the sky Finally...

6/17/2025 We’ll be riding the trails of Chris Rumrill’s And also Julie Arnold We depend on them for some fun thrills And to prove that we...