Hey TTF folks, the roller filter feature heading into the Outback needs some love. The on ramp boards are broke and wobbly with exposed nails. Also the whole structure seems a bit shaky.

Cheers.

Pinkies up!!!

Registration is at around 5:30pm and races start at 6:00pm on Wednesday. We have a great system setup this year that encourages participation and skill/speed. See you there!

Jeff and I hashed this out and found Mondays work pretty well at least as people get to know its available and can come out. I'll be out there leading a group and hopefully others will want to be ride leaders for what other folks are interested in as far as skill and speed.

As Chuck noted its really awesome that this is a shop hosted ride so it doesn't falls squarely on myself or Chuck or another CORP person to show up and make it happen! I think this is a good format to keep rides consistent all year and for years to come. I look forward to it. Oh and the first two CORP members to walk up to me and call me Oh Captain My Captain I'll buy a beer for.

Keleney Top Soil will sell us the clay mix used for sports fields and moto events/facilities at same rate the city (Middleton) gets. Two professional trail firms and a bike park designer suggested we use this. Only exception was they said don't use aggregate because it's easier to shape and get blue groove.

Transportation is a big factor so the prices we have for small and large loads to Middleton would probably be more at Cam Rock. There may be a firm doing this that's closer.

I will be buying that mix at the bike park so you'll be able to check it out yet this season. The fill with clay at Blackhawk has aggregate and no more top soil borrow pits are allowed so you can check that out too.

I think you are correct that for adding stability to areas like the beer run the stuff you are referring to may work nicely. I am also looking to take care of some erosion spots thoughout the trail system such as roots and skidded areas. From where I have seen the mix I was referring to it hold up very nicely and is much quicker than armoring. I like to work smarter not harder.

I was talking to a fellow trail builder this weekend (maintains and builds the mtu trails in Houghton) and he recommended using a soil mix called A23 which the DOT often uses. Its a great mix of clay, sand and aggregate. Boy only could it be healthy and stable for the beer run trail but in places of exposes roots and undesired objects in the trail. Just as effective as armoring and less work. We should see about getting a load of it.

Looks like we agreed on a couple of things to start on and other things to maintain. Tom, when you are out there next working I'll show a bit of what I was explaining in building the bottom of the berm so that water sheds better and keeps it from eroding.

On June 2 the Chainsmoker crew will begin cutting the corridor for that new benched section. I look forward to the next board meeting so everyone can be in the same room and be on the same page. It seems you and Will have a bit to work on in that area. Overall the barrow pits are an area that I think we can all agree should not happen at all; its lazy trail building and often times a hazard (the new ones you showed us weren't too bad). Always remember no matter how well you know the land owners, whoever they are, you are a guest so you must treat the place with the best possible. I think the downhillers should get one of the shops to sponsor a weekly or monthly DH race with some swag for winners etc for sure.

As for xc trail workings I think some of the berms and rollers that were built work well and add fun to the trail so good work there and it serves the DH crew as well. Deer path and a couple of others run straight down the fall line, not overly awesome or technical or sustainable especially if more people ride those trails. I look forward to lending any help I can but as I said out there is if you want me to contribute (and I want to for sure) I will only build it sustainable and proper trails. I won't bang out trail in haste and forget proper design. If everyone is agreement in that I look forward to building some sweet trail.

The S. Kettles are in great shape! Even acquired some new friends while there after Kate dropped me on the blue loop and never looked back.