Group Ride: Battle Creek Wed 5/28 6:00pm

[Tomg]

Usual Wed. night ride. Early group warm up lap at 5:15. Main ride start at 6:00. Meet at BC Rec Center off of Winthrop.

[Shawno]

I am hoping to join the early group.

[smklugherz]

I'm there!

Will there be nachos and beer after?:jumpy:

[coriemtbiker]

Hope to see you by 5:15 for the entire ride :)

Corie B

[Tomg]

I'm there!

Will there be nachos and beer after?:jumpy:

I'm up for it. Besides, we owe you from last week. You left way to much on the table. Also we need to see how the Shawno/Kelsey horror movie trivia game plays out;)

[Pandl]

I'm planning on being there for the late group...

[Shawno]

I'm up for it. Besides, we owe you from last week. You left way to much on the table. Also we need to see how the Shawno/Kelsey horror movie trivia game plays out;)

I will be bailing out after the ride, so no conversations with Kelsey tonight.

[bigwheel]

Right now, it's better than 50/50 chance that I'll be there.

If so, I'll be huffing and puffing, because I gave blood today.

[smklugherz]

Right now, it's better than 50/50 chance that I'll be there.

If so, I'll be huffing and puffing, because I gave blood today.

Great! Maybe I'll be able to keep up.:jumpy:

[El Chupacabra]

Right now, it's better than 50/50 chance that I'll be there.

If so, I'll be huffing and puffing, because I gave blood today.

That's alright...I've got a cold. I'm sure I'll be lagging behind.

[Pandl]

GREAT Ride tonite everyone!! It felt great to be back at Battle Creek. Now I just gotta get my bike to stay in gear, and it will be a blast. At least the tire stayed on the rest of the ride...

[kabbie_cache]

Sorry I missed the the ride. I got busy taken care of stuff at home. By the time I realized what time it was, it was almost 9:00.

I will be back and ready to ride and work next week.

[Pandl]

Missed you Travis. I had even brought you something from my trip... Nice little circle after the ride. No bugs, nice temps, nice people, nice beverages.

[smklugherz]

Great ride everyone. Hope to see you all next week!

[bigwheel]

Fun ride, everyone! Thanks!

Doug, sorry for nearly running you over on the rocky downhill. Stupid gravity!

Cool bike, Scott. Once you get your fork tuned, you won't need that lockout. The Reba is a nice fork. I cable tie my lockout to avoid having it accidentally lock.

To tune it: Start with 60 percent of your weight for the positive pressure, then about 10-20 PSI less than that for your negative pressure. (lower negative pressure will make it feel stiffer and climb better) Damping adjustment halfway between full open and full closed works well for me.

If you decide to convert your fork to 100mm, use these instructions. It will only take about 20 minutes once you have the fork off of your bike. http://forums.mtbr.com/blog.php?do=showentry&e=1655&enum=2

[Tomg]

Thanks for coming out everyone. It was a great night for a ride. I think Cory said we ended up at 13+ miles and ~1300 vertical... a pretty good nights work. Also thanks for the impromptu trail work session to clear the tree on the picnic table loop.

I'm kinda bummed. I forgot to reset the camera from low ISO speed so all the pictures I took are blurred.... and not in an artsy way. I will post a couple of the clearer ones tonight.

See you next week!

[El Chupacabra]

Thanks for the ride. Bob, thanks for the Summit and for the info on the fork. If it does nbothing but rain over the next couple of days I'll have plenty of time to convert.

[coriemtbiker]

Last night ride was fun, you guys have done a great job on the trails. Yep 13 miles of smiles & 1366ft of climbing! I'm going to try coming out next Monday for trail work.

See ya on trails

Corie

[Jameson]

Sales guy here crossing through the Cheese Curtain and hope to catch a ride. Trails dry enough for this week at BC? How many people show and what's the "post-ride" etiquette (newbie brings the beer?!). Look forward to some dirt miles & new faces on my virgin outing to BC.