Category: News
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Woorld Mountain Bike Conference / IMBA Summit Report Part 2
Well, it has been a little while since the IMBA Summit, and I put talking about it on the agenda for the next ROMP meeting, so here I am trying to focus my thoughts. Basically the rest of the conference was about future trends in mountain biking, Grant Writing, and Grassroots organizing and motivating. THE…
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Report on 1st Ride of New 3rd Sat Ride
Hi, Four of us braved the sun at Russian Ridge on Saturday for the new 3rd Sat ride. One rider even biked up Page Mill to participate. The parking lot was very full, but the rest of us were able to squeeze in. We took a very moderate pace with lots of rest stops. The…
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ECDM Trailwork Report
About ten of us showed up for a few hours of trailwork at ECDM Saturday. We worked on a section of the Methuselah trail, where it is singletrack, as it heads down to the creek crossing at El Corte De Madera Creek.The heavy rains this winter caused a drainage to overrun a creek bed at…
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Last 2nd Sat Coe Trlwk Report
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…
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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…