FLCC> New to the Ithaca area, interested in mountain biking near Ithaca College

[Donal Fitterer]

Hi Todd,
Monday nights at Glenn's (5pm) are a great way to get to know people in
the group. Right now we are hiking which is not as easy as you might
think. When the weather warms a bit and the trails dry out it is a great
place to ride.

We have had people ride Tuesday nights on mtn bikes but they were PDF
(pretty damn fast). Even the warm up to the start can be too much to try
on knobbies.

Cheers,

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: flcc-bounces at icycle.org [mailto:flcc-bounces at icycle.org] On Behalf
Of Todd Blakemore
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:51 PM
To: Ernie Bayles
Cc: flcc at icycle.org
Subject: Re: FLCC> New to the Ithaca area,interested in mountain biking
near Ithaca College

Thanks for the reply, actually I did get a couple replies I guess
which did not CC in the list, But and I was pointed to a couple mtb
specific forums and Trails in the area.

I'm hoping to catch up with a couple people in the spring to ride a
few of the trails, perhaps I can even get my wife to tag along.

No problem on the response time, honestly, I wasn't expecting the
great response I got!

I probably will 'lurk' a bit in the background as I don't own a road
bike :)

(assuming that's ok)

I look forward to seeing people on the trails though!

-Todd

On Jan 30, 2008 2:28 PM, Ernie Bayles <ebarch1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Todd,
>
> Sorry for not replying sooner, but I assumed that others who are more
> knowledgeable on the mountain bike scene  than I would have followed
> up.  Or maybe they did, but did not copy the list.  In any event,
there
> have recently been a few posts about how unresponsive some clubs are
to
> visiting riders and figured that if the FLCC doesn't want to be lumped
> in with "some clubs", someone ought to get back to you.
>
> The FLCC has riders of all abilities and interests.  On the website,
you
> will find the weekend tour schedule, some information about regular
> rides during the week, and special events.  You will probably note
that
> there is not much in the way of organized mountain bike activities.
Do
> not despair, there are lots of MTB riders and rides, you just have to
> find them.  In the summer, the Bike Rack bicycle shop has typically
> organized MTB rides on a weekend morning, and once things have dried
out
> a bit, Swan Cycles has regular Monday after work rides (and hikes and
> snowshoes too at this time of year) on his property on Mount Pleasant
> (all highly recommended for the newcomer).  There, you will at least
> meet some other folk of like mind.
>
> Lots of roadies, like myself, will pull out the knobbies from time to
> time for a change of pace, but these rides are very loosly organized
and
> you really have to be plugged into whole riding scene (by doing the
> sunday tours, the  tuesday night races, the time trials, helping with
> the races, etc.) to get onto someone's phone list.  Of course, you can
> always just post a note to the list saying when and where and what you
> want to do and see how many show up.  In this cycling community you
> never need ride alone.
>
> So welcome to the Ithaca bicycling scene.  There's a great cycling
> community here and with a little effort you will quickly become a part
> of it.
>
> Ernie
>
>
> Todd Blakemore wrote:
>
> >Hello everyone,
> >My name is Todd, as my subject says, I like to mountain bike.
> >Unfortunately I've have been out of it for the past few years as I
had
> >a job which put time restrictions on me as well as various other life
> >issues (building a house, etc.)
> >
> >I've recently started a job at Ithaca College which is more flexible
> >in the time side of things and I'm to be able to bring my bike w/me.
> >I've heard that there are some decent trails in the area.
> >
> >Currently I live in Seneca Fall, ny (won't be moving as we just
> >finished building a house) But I'm interested in meeting up with
> >people to ride after work.
> >
> >I just pulled my bike out of storage and started going over it to get
> >it ready for spring (I'm only set up for summer riding, no winter
> >clothes...)
> >
> >The bike I have is an older hardtail which I picked up when I was
> >working at a bike shop, so it's fairly decent (or was back then.)
> >Sadly the new low-end bikes today appear to be better component wise
> >then the one I have... Ah well I digress.
> >
> >I'm look forward to meeting new faces but most of all I am Psyched to
> >start riding again!
> >
> >-Todd
> >
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> >
> >
>
> --
> Ernie Bayles, Architect
> 209 Utica Street
> Ithaca, New York  14850
>
> 607-275-3722 (tel and fax)
>
>

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