Truth is Beauty, Beauty, Truth...

 

This picture is from a bike shop in San Diego.  They have something there (SD, not the shop) called an underground supper club.  It's not a bike thing- they meet at interesting places that are kept secret until the last minute and they are told to show up somewhere and then taken to the "place".  So these are not bike people- they just asked to use this shop as a place to eat.

How cool is that?  One of those things that you just say to yourself- 'people are so creative- I would NEVER have thought of that.'  Not in 17 years.  

Makes you feel like there ARE good, creative people out there.  That... well, I could go into the things that lead me to believe culture is going down the toilet, but I'm sure you all have your own.  So nice to hear of something that suggests the opposite. 

I {heart} Jude!

Go here and watch this short video.  It's not really a video- more a narrated slideshow of pictures.

I want to be this woman.  I want my daughter to want to be this woman.  I want wheels built by this woman.  Except that I build my own wheels and want to be her myself.

All for now.

Oh, what the heck, go read THIS while you're at it.

Updates

New updates are being submitted on the 30th of November, so those of you who already own the app should see them by Xmas!

New Update

New Updates and Features coming to the App soon- I promise!

Save Boston Trails!

If you ride Middlesex Fells (one of the closest parks to downtown Boston) or ever plan to, PLEASE go HERE and give NEMBA your name and email.  It would really help to deal with state park authorities.  I'm not a great advocacy guy, but this is so simple and requires so little commitment that it is a no-brainer. 

Thanks in advance.

New Features...

In version 1.3, when it comes out,
there will be a new feature.

I'm calling it "big mountain project".  It will be a list of the 10  highest peaks in MA. (to begin with...)  And info on the best way to ride a bike up and down them.  And whether or not they are legal for bikes.  And stuff.

  It's not that these are such great big peaks- this is more of a backcountry/freeride ski and snowboard term.  It's a relative thing.  Compared to the riding on the east coast of MA, these peaks are indeed Big Mountain riding.

It's another option... not as convenient an option, but if I was visiting Boston to ride, one I would want to know about.

So watch for it...

They're Grrrrrrreat!

Fantastic time to be out on N. England's trails.  Found something I should've known but had perhaps forgotten, the other day.

Halibut Point in Gloucester?  No bikes!  There's nothing definitive on their website, but it is clearly posted at the location.  Great spot for a hike, though.

Also, they've completed (I'm sure they did this long ago, but you can't explore everything all the time) a nice loop of gravel path around the main pond at Gordon College.  Great spot to take the fam riding.  These trails have always been there, but they've been very muddy often in the past.

More updates to the App are on the way.   Landlocked Forest in Burlington....