Upcoming App Updates!

You've all seen version 1.1 of MBB- perhaps most of you have downloaded it. Just thought I'd give you a glimpse of upcoming trails for the next update. I'll try to make this a regular feature.

Linebrook Woods (Ipswich, MA)

Ipswich Enchilada (epic)

Wompatuck State Park (it's written, but I keep putting off the drive south of Boston to take pictures)

Autumn Coming...

I love the autumn. Let's just get that out there right now. So much that I feel bad just calling it "fall". That's not dramatic enough.

Sorry not much on this blog right now. Let's see- what is some new new-ness? We are looking for an apt.- our time at Asbury Grove is up on Oct. 1st. It's been a fun summer but we're all ready for some permanence.

Got a new front tire for my Surly. A Continental Mountain King 2.4. Happy with it in the living room- we'll see what it is like on the trails.

Started back to school last week, mid-week. Still a little confusing. I'm supposed to be with one student, but he hasn't shown up yet. Where are you, Gerard?

Over and out for now.

Updates, sales, & etc.

I know that's not grammatically correct- it's my obscure little attempt at protest.

Summer is passing by both quickly and slowly at the same time. I know that's not chronologically possible, but there it is just the same. My favorite season is autumn, so it's okay with me.

Last week saw an update to the App that I hope many of you have bought by now.
Two trails that had questionable legal standing were dropped. I think a few were added- if not, look for those to be added soon (I'm waiting to make trips to get more photos of some parks then they'll be added- notably Wompatuck).

If you don't own the App, maybe you hesitate because you don't own Apple products. Well- get out there and buy them! I'm kidding...

I would appreciate it, though, if you would gently recommend the app to friends (when it's appropriate). I did work pretty hard compiling this information, so I'd love to feel it was helping some people. I know I could've used it when I moved here.

That's all for now.

Trail Updates

There are trails that are too senstive to stay included in the App. Two of these are:

The Ancient Line Trail.
&
The Red Dot Trail.

Apparently, both are illegal (ALT) or Sort-of Legal (Red Dot) and sensitive.

The last thing I would want to do is to jeopardize access to any trail. So scratch these off your mental list, please.

thanks.

They WILL still stay on MBB until Apple makes the next update to it. Then they'll drop off (and be replaced by more entries you didn't have before, as previously discussed).

App Customers!

First of all, thanks for buying this app I wrote.

But second, I got a bit better understanding of my publisher's computer system the other day.

I thought that you would get immediate updates any time I loaded new riding spots onto the system, but in fact that is not the case. Instead, the publisher waits until there's enough new content that they feel it's worth submitting to Apple again.

So, you'll get more trails added to the App, just not immediately, and it'll come as a larger update, rather than 1 spot at a time.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

And in response to an earlier post: I found a really nice smooth singletrack trail at Bradley Palmer SP- leave a comment if you'd like details...

Microtech vs. Macrotech

I thought of a new way I'd like to start describing trails, today. The trails of new england are what I would call microtech- sharp rocks, slippery roots, and other small trail imperfections that make you focus on every foot of trail. There's a section near the river at Bradley Palmer SP that illustrates this perfectly. Enough roots, that are tall enough, and just moving forward is a chore.

This is opposed to what I would call macrotech- a sharp hill that requires technique to climb but is tricky in a much larger way (not more difficult, just physically larger) than microtech. Moab's slickrock trail might be a good example of this sort of technical riding: struggling with a natural feature, not the acual riding surface that approaches the feature.

I wish we had more trails like the latter. I love the former, but sometimes I feel like it gets a little frustrating and it certainly makes the hills and such more challenging!

The key: speed over the microtech to ride the macrotech!

Update on BP Waterfall Ride

I just wanted to quickly mention that I went to the location (sans bike) of this ride last night and was forcefully (and not very nicely) told that in fact the sides of the river here are property of Foote Bros. Canoe Rental. Private property!

So, for your own good, App Customers: DO NOT THROW ROCKS NEAR THE WATERFALL!!