Here’s (another boring and exceptionally long winded) write-up for the Coe trailwork performed on Sat. May 13, plus some miscellaneous observations. This was the final 2nd Sat Trailwork for the 05-06 season. Trailwork events in Coe will continue in June and even during the summer, but the scheduled days are done until at least September …
Category Archive: News
May 15
ROMP Picnic Recap
We had a successful ROMP picnic Potluck barbecue thingy at Twin Pines park this Saturday. It was a casual affair and things got off to a kind of late start, with a bunch of us riding out of the difficult to find Twin Pines Park Group Site sometime after ten. We went for a relatively …
May 01
Swap and Coe wknd post mortem
It was a big weekend for ROMP activity. ROMP was at Coe for the BCW. ROMP earned it’s pay running the Cupertino Bike Swap.Sunday’s bike swap was absolutely incredible. The deals and relics range from improbable to legendary. I could not believe my eyes when I saw a complete mint condition rare tandem roll out …
May 01
Coe Back Country Weekend Report
I headed down to the Coe Back Country Weekend Friday with Patty Ciesla. Despite the heavy traffic on 152, we rolled in about 6:30. We quickly set up camp near Brian Warkintine and set up the ROMP tent at Kaiser Aetna and County line Roads. Early the next morning, Philip Strenfel and Ligaya Yrastorza showed …
Mar 30
Los Gatos Creek Trail Closure 4/24 – 6/23 2006
San Jose Water Company (SJWC) will be begin construction on a pipeline replacement project in late April that will require the temporary closure of portions of the Los Gatos Creek Trail. The project involves replacing approximately 2,000 feet of water mains located on and crossing Main Street in downtown Los Gatos. The existing mains are …
Mar 28
World Mountain Bike Conference June 20-23, 2006
The IMBA Summit and World Mountain Bike Conference (June 20-23, 2006, in Whistler, BC) will be a premier event for trail advocates, land managers, resort and ski industry representatives, and members of the mountain bike industry. “This much-anticipated conference is the first-ever merger of the IMBA Summit with World Mountain Bike Conference,” states Event Director …
Feb 20
Protect the trail from sanitization
Technically challenging trails give mountain bikers a lot of funs and that’s what mountain biking is all about. So, it’s shocking to find a trail once so challenging gets smoothed out. That’s what happened to Stiles Ranch Trail at Santa Teresa Park. When Shane posted a warning sign of trail sanitization, it triggered a series …
