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Events and Club News for 2005 Below is just a few events that our club is involved with. This page will get continually updated as time permits | |
| Every
Tues.
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 Every
Tuesday throughout the summer The Bike Center's Time Trial Series
alternates between a flat 10 mile out and back (on the Three Mile Bridge
Road) and a gap climb. Each event starts at 6:00PM. You can
meet at The Bike Center earlier for a warm-up ride at 5:30 PM |
| Every
Monday Wed. and Thursday
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 Every
Monday and Wednesday night around 6:00 the local bike shops lead Mountain
Bike group rides around the Middlebury area. Monday and Thursday we meet at the
Alpine Shop (usually by the fountain across from the store). Monday
night's ride is usually reserved for beginner intermediate and thus the
Monday Mellow Ride and Wednesday we meet at the service entrance of The Bike
Center near Frog Hollow and The Middlebury Mountaineer |
| Saturday
Sunday 6:30 AM |
 Club
Members gather at the Bakery on Washington Street (Located across
from Shaw's supermarket ) on weekend mornings at 6:30 AM. The Bakery
opens at 6 on Saturday so one can get a cup of coffee before but on Sunday
you are out of luck because the opening is 7. A flat ride is usually
planned for Saturday with hills on Sunday. The group paces about 19
20 MPH. Slower paced rides are planned through out the summer.
Give either bike shop a call to find out or email the club. Times are
moved early and late season. |
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| 5/29/04 |  The
Middlebury Memorial day parade was a great way for the club to get the
work out on the up coming rodeo. We had a trailer modified with a
log crossing and a teeter totter. The kids rode in the back of the
pickup tossing candy to the crowd and the area mountain bikers road over
the moving trailer. This was our second parade and the weather held
off until well after the parade. The Kids tossed a whole 5 gallon
bucket of candy to the crowd.
Click here to see more Pics from Parade 2004 Last Years Pics from Parade 2003
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| 5/12/01
5/13/01 |
 Two
members of the Club attended a Trail Building Workshop hosted by the New
England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) and the Massabeisc
Bicycling Association. The IMBA trail building crew was on hand as well as
Kurt Loheit the Trails Resource Director for IMBA. It was a great
opportunity to learn the newest techniques from the people who know Click here to see more
pictures |
| 5/15/04 |  The
Middlebury Bike Club helped the Middlebury Area Land Trust on trail
maintenance in the Means woods area. The crew wheeled in over
three truck loads of gravel and build two log bridges over wet sections of
the trail. Click here to see more
pictures |
| 9/25/04 | 
Middlebury College Students committed a Saturday of their time to help on the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) in Wright Park.
The old trail had muddy sections that needed to be rerouted. Click here to see more pics on this detail |
| 10/2-16/04 | 
Club Member Bill Bergeron and Mike Cuilla hosted a few of the Middlebury
rides at thier home in Springdale Utah this last fall.
Click Here to see more pics of Riding in
souhern UT |
Club
Members Chaz Lyons and Jim Arnold competed in the Cyclocross Weekend
event held at Montpelier's U 32 High School. Both Chaz and Jim
finished in the middle of their respective fields but had a great time.
The weather was stellar. Chaz is negotiating a barrier and
Jim is pulling away from the mass start from the Track area
toward the woods.
Members
of the Bike Club chipped in and constructed a plank bridge across a
swamp through the trail around Middlebury. First the weeds had to
be mowed down then the pressure treated planks could be laid. With
this much help the bridge took only 1/2 to construct right before one of
our group rides
Saturday
June 4th the Middlebury Bike Club hosted the Spring Middlebury Bike
Rodeo. It was the fifth held in Middelbury. We gave out
over 75 free
helmets donated by the area hospital and doctors. The local Police
gave saftey instruction rgistered bikes and the two local bike shops had their
mechanics on hand to give free safety checks to all bikes