October is going to be an exciting month for SORBA Woodstock. Click on each of the events below to see more details about each one. Please come out to enjoy these activities with us.
Taylor Randahl Lap Count - July 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 11:28PM The first records are coming out of the Avalanche Trail at Taylor Randahl Memorial Trails. July was the first month we started counting. In all, 853 laps were recorded on the 3.0 mile Avalanche Trail. The trend is going up. Below is a graph showing user time trends. Stay tuned soon for August counts.

Group Ride at Blankets Creek with SORBA Chattanooga
Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 9:34AM Join us on Saturday, August 28th at 9:30am, as we host SORBA Chattanooga on an intermediate to advanced level group ride on all of the trails at Blankets Creek. Be in the parking lot and ready to ride at 9:30am. Extra parking is available in the church parking lot adjacent to Blankets Creek, so please do not block the parking lot entrance. Bring lots of water and a lawn chair to hang out afterwards.
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Group Ride Trail Building Party at Rope Mill Park this Saturday, Aug. 21st
Monday, August 16, 2010 at 6:27PM We need your help to get the Avalanche Trail completed, so please join us this Saturday from 8am to noon at Rope Mill Park. Lunch will be provided for volunteers. The more volunteers we get, the faster you will have new trails to ride. Meet in the parking lot at Rope Mill at 8am. Wear closed toe shoes and long pants and bring lots of water and an epi pen if you are allergic to bees. Directions to Rope Mill can be found below. We hope to see you there.
Directions to Olde Rope Mill Park:
From I-575 Going North
Take Exit 8 (Towne Lake Parkway Exit)
Turn right off Interstate onto Towne Lake Parkway
At first light make a left onto Woodstock Parkway
At next light – make a left onto Ridgewalk Parkway
Make first right (just before bridge) onto Old Rope Mill Road
This road dead ends into the park.
From I-575 Going South
Take Exit 8 (Towne Lake Parkway Exit)
Turn left onto Towne Lake Parkway
At second light – make a left onto Woodstock Parkway
At next light – make a left onto Ridgewalk Parkway
Make first right (just before bridge) onto Old Rope Mill Road
This road dead ends into the park.
Thanks to the 23 folks that showed up today! We built two 24' bridges and handcut crib two tight sections. Good times! Great people!
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Trail Building SORBA Woodstock Festival
Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 5:54PM 
August Chapter Meeting - Mon, Aug 9th @ 7pm
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 9:57PM Our August Chapter meeting will be held this Monday, Aug 9th @ 7pm. The meeting will be held at the kiosk at Blankets Creek. Free Flite Bicycles will be providing free food.
Come hear the latest in MTBing news from SORBA Woodstock.
Group Ride to Raccoon Mountain this Saturday, July 24th
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 7:55PM We will begin the ride from the visitor center at 9:30am. You may also be interested in camping at the Raccoon Mountain Campground. Make your own reservations at the campground asap if you plan to camp. http://www.raccoonmountain.com/. If you are camping, then let the campground know that you are with SORBA Woodstock because they will try to get the camp sites in the same area.
Bring lots of water, dress for hot weather, and bring some nutrition to refuel. Hopefully we will see you there!
If you are planning to follow the convoy up to Raccon on Saturday, then be in the church parking lot by Blankets and be ready to go at 7am. The convoy will head out promptly at 7:15. It is going to be hot, so bring extra water and stay hydrated.

Check out more photos of our group ride by clicking on the Photo link at the top of this page. Thanks to everyone who attended and made this a fantastic group ride!
Group Ride,
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Group Ride Trail Building Party this Saturday, July 17th
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 8:13AM Do you want more trails? We do and we need volunteers to make it happen. Please attend a trail building party at Olde Rope Mill Park on Saturday, July 17th, from 8am to noon. Lunch will be provided for volunteers. The more volunteers we get, the faster you will have new trails to ride. Meet in the parking lot at Rope Mill at 8am. Wear closed toe shoes and long pants and bring lots of water and an epi pen if you are allergic to bees. Directions to Rope Mill can be found below. We hope to see you there.
Directions to Olde Rope Mill Park:
From I-575 Going North
Take Exit 8 (Towne Lake Parkway Exit)
Turn right off Interstate onto Towne Lake Parkway
At first light make a left onto Woodstock Parkway
At next light – make a left onto Ridgewalk Parkway
Make first right (just before bridge) onto Old Rope Mill Road
This road dead ends into the park.
From I-575 Going South
Take Exit 8 (Towne Lake Parkway Exit)
Turn left onto Towne Lake Parkway
At second light – make a left onto Woodstock Parkway
At next light – make a left onto Ridgewalk Parkway
Make first right (just before bridge) onto Old Rope Mill Road
This road dead ends into the park.
Thanks to the 15 folks that showed today to help clean up trail. We finalized a lot of the new 1 mile addition that was opened a couple of weeks ago. We appreciate the help!
Olde Rope Mill,
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Trail Building,
Trail Work 3.0 Miles of trail now OPEN at Taylor Randahl Memorial Trails
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 11:45AM Thanks to the persistent passion of our Rope Mill Trail Director - Charlie Shultz, we now have 4 miles open on the first loop - The Avalanche Trail. With the 40+ hour weekly work schedule of both IMBA Trail Solutions and SORBA Pro-Trails, they have together powered out another 3 miles of machine cut trail at a jaw-dropping rate. Not only machine cut, but groomed into a great ridable condition.
So come check them out! We need the tire tracks to create the line and concrete the path. It also gives you a good preview of the trail - designed to be a race course. Intersections are temporary flagged to avoid getting lost.
Also, as Malanda said in the previous post, we need an army of folks (like 70 people) on the work party on July 17th to backcut and clean up. If that many folks show, we could have the entire 6.5 mile trail open by the end of July!
Come show your support for more trails on the I-575 corridor!
Jay Wilkes
Pres - SORBA Woodstock



