the council went out and worked again today and got some additional re-routes laid out. We also did around 4 hours of dirt work to get ready for the upcoming rains. Definitely a dedicated group of individuals...

City ran across our muddy trails with a tractor and dug several nice trenches for us. Also nice to see the poachers in full force today. I have pics of vehicles with plate numbers, should i post them? I went back up to flag some stuff and those 3 cars got rotated with some new ones. Glad everyone can read. I tossed some nice logs and debris on the trail for them. Hope they appreciate it. Pics for all...

Got a couple hours in tonight at tranq. Got some grade reversals in and more to accomplish over the weekend. Nice to see the poaching continues.

Got one re-route roughed in and a couple more flagged. Always nice to see people ignoring the huge closed signs and riding in the mud anyway. It would have been sweet to catch a couple. Probably a better thing i didn't...

New blue section is trashed as well now, along with areas of the creek section that a runner went right up the middle of. I just don't see the fun in rolling thru mud. It kills parts and generally sucks to try and ride in. Going to work most the weekend to nail down things for the trail day. Need to get things fixed before someone gets hurt and the city closes the trail down...

TRANQUILITY IS CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For an interesting perspective, compare the trail marker in the march post with the one in the feb post. Same marker. Amazing how much dirt is coming out of the hill and they may not be done yet. It is going to be a busy spring. Hope to see lots of smiling faces at the Trail Day March 31, 6pm @ the trailhead.

Tranq is closed!!!!!

Man, i'd love to catch the clowns out riding in the mud...

Pics are up of the erosion issues we are facing, along with bank erosion on the creek trails. Throw in a major re-route and 2-3 smaller ones and we are looking at another summer of major trail work.

Such a nice morning, i decided to go wander at Tranq to see how the dirt work was going.






Depending on how they clean up when they are done in April, we may not have much work to do to get the old sections running again. As it sits, the south hill descent is unrideable and should be avoided. I was thinking we could run the blue section down to the inner loop for now and just bypass the whole section for now.


The trail is pure slop, even at 9 in the morning. Hopefully people have the sense to stay of the trails this weekend....

Welp, just got back from Chicago. I had heard about the Plainfield Skills Park on mtbr and thought i'd give it a look. Unfortunatly it was buried in 6" of snow, so i couldn't see much of the trail. It is a progressive jump park with a pump track and ttf section. I did get some pics of the entrance barrier and signage. Something Martin had brought up when discussing our BSA at Tranq.








They had a kiosk at the parking lot entrance, another at the entrance of the entrance and another as you got thru the gate. No one was going to be able to say they didn't see the signage. Overall, it looked pretty sweet. They are still working on the ttf section. Check out the cambr.org site for more info on the trails and better pics of the park. Nicely done website too.






Hope to get back out there in the summer and hit some trails!

Been pretty dull as of late. Rain has kept us off the trails the last couple weeks. Pics of new trail we put in at Tranq. Very challenging, very fun. Can't wait till they get packed in and settled. Section is gonna rock!

booooring....

finally got rain, so i snuck out to tranq for a bit Wed. Rode the hilly field side doing big gear low rpm grinders. My knees are killin me, but it is good strength work. Need to get on my a-game before the season is over. Actually, this season is a write off but i'd like to have some fitness going into winter so i don't suck in the spring...

Race prep went well. Ran out there last week and was railing.

Got to the race Saturday and decided to not get to serious. Big mistake. Who ever says that the start doesn't matter is on crack. I rolled out in last in no hurry and picked a couple peeps off on the first climb. Got stuck behind a guy that hadn't pre-rode and was struggling with the trail. By time we got by the leaders were long gone and there was a conga line forming behind him. Feel bad tho, someone passed him and immediately crashed and took him out. Once i got open trail i tried to see how many spots i could grab. The trail was kinda greasy due to no rain and a dusty trail. I got some people on the climbs and more on the descents. Got caught by the guy from earlier and we traded spots thru the race. Realized i lost my 2nd water bottle 1/2 way thru the 2nd lap and ran the rest of the race with no water. I backed it down and held my spot. Mid pack finish is ok in my book.

Ran Platte wed night and had a good time. Quasi's didn't hook as well as hoped but it was more rider error than tire issues. I need to ride out there more often to get the pucker factor down and just let it flow. Need to force a bigger gear too. I could have rode several laps at the pace we were running without any worry. Having gears is kinda nice at times....

busy, busy...

Trailwork at tranq is aboot whooped. Got a few things to touch up tomorrow and might head to Manawa for some work if needed. I'd really rather ride tho. Got the flat bars and longer stem on the Sycip last week and gave them a whirl at Schram. Worked very well climbing and on the flats. Descending isn't bad, just have to on your game. Got the quasi-motos mounted today and am anxious to try them out. Race is a week from today and i'm really not ready. Might just do it to support the scene and cruise the race. Who knows, my competitive side probably won't let that happen...

Wonder how the bro is doing at the Tour of KC...