Thursday, April 27, 2006

SIUE Workday- Saturday, April 29 + Other Happenings


We'll be cutting a short connector trail between the 1st and 3rd sections of trail out there, and doing some maintenance leftover from the construction of the 3rd section last fall. You might even learn the (im)proper way to carry tools. The fun starts at 8:45 am.

SMBA is also having a workday on Sunday, April 30 at the Cove Hollow Trail near Carbondale, IL.

This weekend is also the official dedication of the 200+ miles of continuous Ozark Trail. There's going to be bbq, music, hiking, and a shuttle for mountain bikers to ride North Trace. Details on the festivities can be found here.

Monday, April 10, 2006

2006 MMBF is in the books



Yes folks, the 2006 Midwest Mountain Bike Festival is history, and it appears to have been a rousing success. If this photo doesn't convince you that EVERYONE had a good time, then it probably isn't going to be possible. More to follow...

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Festival Music

If you're a fan of the whacked-out traditional music, don't show up late on Saturday.

The band lineup is looking great. Big thanks to Mesa Cycles for footing the bill for us to get so many good bands.

noon The Monads, punk bluegrass rockabilly, think split lip, but with more strings on the bass, I bet they hate that. Click the link and find out for yourself. Or better yet, just show up. The beer starts flowing at noon too.


2:00 Maid*Rite I don't have a link, but these girls rock country style, or play country rock style, or something. It's always a good show.

4:00 Red Ass Jones: You saw them last year but this year they'll have two more people, a mandolin, and electronical amplification. Another good country-style thing, maybe more traditional bluegrass than the others.

6:00 Dub Kitchen. Dub is kind of like reggae, but more electronic. Don't take my word for it, find out why these guys have such a big local following.

8:00ish The Choir: You might recognize Matt Black Matt James, the guitar player, as a local bike shop wrench (big shark, now mesa). Mr. Ray-of-Sunshine's band will be playing "balls-out rock and roll" as soon as he catches his breath after the night time trial, and hopefully puts on some pants.

After that, who knows.

So, fans of the stand-up bass, don't put off coming out. We have three in a row right from the get-go. Get your stuff together now, enjoy the show, get a demo bike and enjoy the trails, whatever.

Early registration is closed so when you come out you can pay your $25 (still a bargain!) for the whole shebang or pay $10 for the cheapskate limited-benefits saturday-only registration.

FEST

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

No Monthly Meeting 4/05/2006


There will be no monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 5th due to final preparations for the Midwest Mountain Bike Festival this weekend. Kirby says it's ok to go drink beer and talk about bikes if you like. See you this weekend!

Monday, April 3, 2006

GORC Does the DRJ Bike Clinic













A few of us helped out with the DRJ sponsored Bike Clinc at Castlewood State Park on Saturday. We gave a little talk explaining what GORC does and a little about proper bike etiquette on the trail. We had a lot of interest in GORC and the Festival. Rich Love and the rest of the presenters gave GORC huge props for the work we do, very nice of them.