Blankets Creek Trail Work Party this Sat, May 19 @ 9am - 1pm

We will be having our monthly work party this Saturday at Blankets Creek. We will be working on covering up the access trails that were used by the machines to rebuild VMT. This is important to address to restart rehabiilition of those paths and to eliminate rogue trail use and trail direction confusion.

Please wear closed toe shoes and wear long pants to protect yourself from poison ivy. If you are allergic to bee stings, remember to bring your epipen just in case.

Also, if you have a garden leaf rake, please bring it to help gather leaves.

Lunch will be provided at 1pm when the work party ends.

Thank you for your support!

Jay Wilkes

Pres - SORBA Woodstock

Monthly Chapter Meeting - Monday, May 14 @ 7pm @ Blankets Creek Kiosk

SORBA Woodstock will be having their monthly chapter meeting this Monday @ 7pm. We will be meeting at the kiosk area in the Blankets Creek parking lot.

Please bring a camping chair and come listen to the latest in SORBA Woodstock news, events, races and happenings.

Hope to see you there!

Pedal Palooza Schedule of Events

SORBA Woodstock Bike Patrol Training

If you are a regular rider at Blankets Creek or Rope Mill and are willing to help others, we need you in the SORBA Woodstock Bike Patrol! We have some upcoming training classes in May. The National Bike Patrol Training class will be held Tuesday, May 15 at 6pm at the Blankets Creek Clubhouse. The CPR portion will be held Thursday, May 17 at 6pm at the Blankets Creek Clubhouse. The classes are two hours.

 

If you are already current with your CPR certification, you will not be required to take the class again with us. Current Bike Patrollers are welcome to attend the CPR class if you need to renew your certification.

 

To sign up for the classes, please contact me at bikepatrol@sorbawoodstock.org with your contact information. More detailed information on the Bike Patrol can be found on the IMBA website here: http://www.imba.com/nmbp

 

Mark Taylor

SORBA Woodstock Bike Patrol Director

VMT 2.0 Dirty Tuesday and Thursday Work Parties! Next two weeks!

We will be having a work party Tuesday and Thursday nights this week (4/24 - 4/26) and next week (5/1 - 5/3) grooming all the new turns getting them ready for Pedalpalooza on May 5th!

The work parties will be from 6pm - 8pm both evenings.

Bring your bike. We will be riding the trail to get to the location and riding out afterwards. We will have all the tools ready at the site. Just bring you and your bike!

If you ever wanted to pay it forward and work on the trail, now is the time!

Please meet at the Blankets Kiosk at 6pm.

Thanks for your support!

Jay Wilkes
Pres - SORBA Woodstock

VMT will remain closed today - Sat, 4/21 - But Work Party is still on!

VMT will continue to be closed Saturday to continue the dry out. Too much clouds and mist today. :(

So come on out to the Work Party tomorrow to work on VMT to get it ready for Pedalpalooza!

If you can't ride it, you might as well work on it! ;)

Work party is tomorrow, Sat, 4/21 from 9am - 1pm. Meet at the Blankets Kiosk. 

Hope to see you there and thanks for your support.

Jay Wilkes
Pres - SORBA Woodstock

Van Michael Trail @ Blankets will be closed Thursday, 4/19 & Friday, 4/20 to dry out

Orange barracade fencing has been erected at both entrances at VMT to prohibit riders from entering. Please stay off the trail to allow all the new berms to dry out. We desperately needed this 1.8 inches of rain to pack the berms, but riding them wet will destroy them. Please stay off until we have ensured they are dry enough to ride. Thank you for your patience. We will update everyone when it is OK to ride the trail.

Thank you for your support.

Jay Wilkes

Pres- SORBA Woodstock

Update on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 6:50AM by Jay Wilkes

VMT will continue to be closed today, Friday - 4/20. The sun didn't peek out until late afternoon yesterday and the new berms are still soft. Ethan will be monitoring them all day looking for that right amount of tackiness. Once we hit that goldilocks moment, we'll open it to allow a mass of tire tracks to pack them down the rest of the way for us. Come help us and ride it at the moment!

Thanks for your patience on this, and as always, thanks for your support.

Jay Wilkes

Pres - SORBA Woodstock

VMT 2.0 Work Parties on April 14th & 21st

We'll be having work parties on the Van Michael Trail the next two Saturdays 4/14/12 and 4/21/12 from 9am-1pm. The object is to do some hand work on back-cutting and naturalizing the areas that are being reshaped with the machines. Please bring gloves and water, and wear closed-toe shoes. If you are allergic to bees please remember to bring an epi-pen. Lunch will be provided to all volunteers at 1pm.