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Last Tuesday 5:45 (before return to Standard Time) 11/4/2025 Once upon a night ride, Tuesday, as the group was ‘bout to lose me Group of fellow mountain bikers, whom I rode with, times before Thought I, as the trail turned muddy, very rocky, rooty, rutty, “Best I shred this tread quite lightly, lest I exit, bruised and sore" Bounced and jounced, I lost my grip on handlebars, I tumbled o’er Landing on the forest floor While bumps and jumps will surely pump me, next I know, a s

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...

Much of the ATA trail system will be closed to bikes this weekend 9/28 and 9/29 for the VT50 mile and associated races. Norcross Trail...

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...

Sunday September 14th We'll have some trail tools, but feel free to bring what ya got (see below) Every September Ascutney Trails...

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)...