Wednesday afternoon turned out to be gorgeous – a perfect riding day with sunshine and moderate temperatures. It was a pretty chill session this week since we just had our trials competition last Saturday. Most of the ride was just sessioning different features and screwing around on the bikes. It’s Read more…
Due to some logistical challenges, this year’s trials biking competition almost had a last minute change of venue. Thankfully, the Town of Ledyard Conservation Commission voted in favor of allowing us to host the event at Glacial Park – one of the best trials riding locations around here. In a Read more…
During the second week in September, we actually had two group rides at Glacial Park: the standing weekly Wednesday ride and a bonus Saturday ride. As an additional bonus, we had some riders join us from further North – guys we don’t see too often.
This Wednesday, our normal group ride day of the week, had rain in the forecast, with heavy rain and thunderstorms predicted for later in the evening. When three o’clock rolled around, the sky was pretty dark; it looked like it was going to pour any moment. For a while it Read more…
This past Wednesday was another hot and muggy day. We decided to session just one of our typical spots at Beebe / Hidden Pond. Even this one spot had plenty of different lines to ride, including some that were rather challenging. I was able to do one of the biggest Read more…
This week’s group ride was at Glacial Park, one of our group’s favorites. Being summertime and all, several of the riders in our group were on vacation, so this was one of the smaller gatherings of the summer. It was a typical hot, muggy August day in Connecticut. In addition Read more…
Group Ride – Colonel Ledyard Park – July 14, 2021 This past Wednesday was another cooker, with temperatures near 90 degrees and humidity thick enough to cut with a knife. With all the rain we’ve had lately and the high humidity, we figured it’d be a good idea to avoid Read more…
Summer is definitely settling in. This week brought another hot, humid day for our bike trials group ride. Due to the amount of rain we’ve been getting lately, we opted for a nice dry, open area in the sun: The UCONN Avery Point campus. It was definitely a scorcher; I Read more…
Wednesday was smoldering hot and humid, with temperatures in the upper 80’s or low 90’s. Perfect weather for trials riding right? This past week I hosted the group ride at my house for the first time. We had a pretty good showing too: seven riders including me. After riding some Read more…
This week’s group ride was at Glacial Park in Ledyard, CT. Tony (our so-called ringleader) put down what seemed likes miles of tape for gates scattered like breadcrumbs down the trail, but most of the session was focused on a handful of features where the taped sections ended. (I didn’t Read more…
