Feb 16

Pacifica Bike Park

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We’ve set up a web site specifically for the proposed Pacifica Bike Park:
http://www.pacificabikepark.com/

The site will have news and info about the status of the park, as well as links to all the great bike sites and shops.
If it’s cool with everyone, I’d like to make this the ‘official’ site for the park. It will be useful to get the word out and help us keep the wheels turning.
I’d like to share ownership of the site with homever would like to participate. The site belongs to the park.
If you have any ideas or would like to help, let me know.
Hey You!, any chance you can help us out with one of your awesome bike graphics for the main page? Anything would be great.

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Feb 14

Opportunities

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We have a lot of opportunities right now to make a big difference in the bay area trail community. Master Plans happen about once every twenty years, and guide how a park is used. Currently we are looking at Master Plans at two parks.

Sanborn Skyline Park

Sanborn Skyline park bordered by Lexington Reservoir, Highway 36, Highway 9 and Saratoga is going through a master planning process. We could use your help to make biking an option in this currently hiking and equestrian only park. Would like to see regional connector trails from Los Gatos and Saratoga to Skyline? Perhaps you would like to see a jump park. Perhaps you would like some easier, beginner or intermediate loops in the middle of the park for family trips, or a place to take a novice. You can help make this a reality by writing

John Falkowski,
298 garden Hill Dr.
Los Gatos, CA 95032
john.falkowski at prk.sccgov.org

Huddart and Wunderlich Parks

Huddart and Wunderlich parks stretch from Woodside up to Skyline, accross the street from El Corte de Madera OSP (Skeggs) and North past Purissima OSP and Portola Valley. We are nearing the end of a Master plan, and this is the best opportunity we have had to end a 50 year prohibition on bikes in these parks. Currently the equestrians are fighting hard to keep us off a new trail that is separated from the existing trails by Kings Mountain Rd. In addition we need to ask for a North – South Connector parallel to Skyline (Highway 35) to be a multi-use alignment of the Bay Area Ridge Trail.We need you to write a letter to

Dave Holland,
San Mateo County Parks & Recreation
455 County Center, 4th Floor
Redwood City, CA 94063-1646
dholdand at co.sanmateo.ca.us

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Feb 14

Help wanted

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ROMP needs some more people to get actively involved in organizing some stuff. Your dedication is what makes ROMP great. If you have any ideas on how to get people more involved, I would love to hear it. if you don’t know what you could do, here are some possibilities.We need someone to head up our efforts at the Sea Otter Classic, April 6-9. This would be recruiting volunteers and organizing how they completed some tasks.

We need some more people to help out with the Coe Back Country Weekend. This involves being granted a special permit to drive out into the back country and camp for a weekend. It would be good if you were willing to represent ROMP – say what ROMP is about if asked.

We need someone to keep notes of our monthly meetings. This is not hard and very important, and it gives you something to do while at the meeting. The meetings are in Sunnyvale at 7pm on Fourth Mondays.

Josh

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Feb 13

Weekend Ride Reports (Feb 11 – 12)

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Saturday – Arastradero

It was a beautiful day on Saturday! Julie and I decided to ride from home over to the Secend Saturday Social at Arastradero. We had a great turnout of 9 people, and 8 bikes. Fortunately one of them was a tandem.
We started out at areasonably slow pace, doing a loop on the north side of Arastradero Rd. On the RedTail Loop, clockwise. At the top of the first climb, John’s friend Chris’s chain broke. John stayed to help Chris get his chain fixed, while we road the long way around, and met back up in the parking lot.

We regrouped, and headed up the regular side, saying “hello” to the numerous dog walkers and hikers out there. As we headed up to the bridge, I decided to see how the groups skills were and rode through the dip from the fire road, over to the dam, through the little creek. Ken was right behind me and did not quite make it up the other side. Well, mountain biking is an inherently dangerous sport.

We continued up the fire road, and took the first single track The Acorn trail, and crossed across the middle of the park on the Ohlone Trail. We then headed up to the big bowl on the Woodland Star Trail. We played around on the big bowl for a while and then headed over to the jumps. After about ten minutes of jumping, we rolled out, around the Bowl loop and down the Woodrat trail. The switchbacks were much too tight for the Tandem, but it was a good learning experience about how much was doable.

We headed back up the Acorn trail again so that we could go up the muddy, unsustainable Meadowlark trail, and back down the new trail from the Big Eucalyptus.

We finished up our ten mile thousand foot ride heading down the bumpy new Meadowlark reroute and back to the parking lot. All in all, it was a great ride and a beautiful day.

Sunday – SDF

Sunday started out a little ominous with heavy fog, as I picked up the ROMP contingent for the Second Sunday Ride: Henry and Tom. We drove up to the main parking lot to find quite a crowd of bikes and bikers already there, for Trail head Cyclery’s Demo of Specialized, Maverick, and Yeti Bikes. Henry tried out an ML8. I rode for a few feet. That is a sweet ride!

We met up with Darryl, Mark and a few others from MBOSC. After much discussion and waiting we rolled out.

As soon as we hit buzzards lagoon, the temperature jumped ten degrees, and the sun was out in force. A few of use headed through Cusacks, which was all right, although heavily rutted and muddy in places. We regrouped at the gate.

We decided to check out Corral trail. Right now it is in pretty good shape, but it is pretty steep, and I wonder how dusty and loose it will be in the summer. Mark, Darryl and I hit some of the jumps and walls, as Tom and Henry looked on cautiously. What little I have learned in the streets is really paying off on the trails!

Next we headed up Sulpher Springs. Man, that was hard. I was glad to discover I still had the legs to ride the whole thing, although just barely. It made me think I should spend some more time in the gym, working on my quads.

Then we headed down Braille. I had a blast booting off the little log overs and did not hesitate at all on the skinnies. I could not quite set up the teeter after both skinnies though. That is still a tremendously fun trail and the conditions are great right now.

I’d like to commend everyone who has been out doing trail work this year for making the riding in the Bay Area so great. If you have not put in your twenty hours yet this year, there are plenty of opportunities coming up. Follow the links below to sign up.

Saturday, Feb 19th – Water Dog
http://www.romp.org/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20060219&tplview=&viewtype=details&eid=274&print=

Saturday, Feb 19th – Demo Forest
http://www.trailworkers.com/volunteer.cfm

Josh

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Feb 03

Coe IMBA Specailized Event Thanks

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All,

This is my opportunity to thank everyone involved with the IMBA Trail Care Crew visit to Morgan Hill/Gilroy/Coe. Thanks to your contributions and exemplary attitude the event was successful. It was safe, no cars slithered off the road, no one got hurt, and a good time was had. I’m sure we all learned something. Thank you.

The attendance was gratifying, especially considering the credible threat of serious rain on any of the days. The turnout exceeded my expectation, and I wish that I had prepared more trail maintenance goals and leaders. Combined attendance on Saturday was 85!

It is rare for the IMBA TCC to show up with both crews and practically never do they return to the same venue twice. Hence it is unlikely to expect an event like this one for a few years. However if there seems to be an interest ROMP is capable of creating events like this independently. In any case we will apply for a TCC visit for 07′.

Our original intention was to help construct new trail in Harvey Bear. Perhaps we’ll obtain such a privelege to serve our County Parks in this fashion.

We are grateful for being granted the opportunity to serve and play in our wonderful Henry Coe State Park. We are truly blessed to have capable and friendly staff managing Coe. Thanks to Specialized for the material support. The lunches came out of their pocket. Obviously this local bike maker is serious about supporting locals.

There’ll be a write-up and some photos in the next ROMP newsletter. To see old newsletters go to ROMP.org. Here’s a link to the 2004 issue which covered the last IMBA visit to Coe. There’s interesting reading in that issue about the park.

http://romp.org/news/pdf/0403.pdf

I can’t wait to see how the trail we worked in feels like to ride. Maybe next weekend. Coe is a special place. Let’s work together to keep it safe, improve the trails, and keep the peace.

Sincerely,
Paul Nam

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Feb 02

Public Sanborn Park user meeting – 2/9 at 7PM

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You are invited to attend a public meeting on February 9th, 2006 to discuss the trails master plan underway at Sanborn County Park in Saratoga, CA.

Sanborn Park is bounded by Downtown Saratoga, Lexington Resavoir, Skyline, and Route 9. This meeting will discuss the possibility to ride dirt from Los Gatos to Saratoga to Saratoga Gap on Skyline and beyond.

Sartoga Community Center’s Senior Center Room.
19655 Allendale Ave.
Saratoga, CA 95070

More information

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Jan 30

Public Trail User Focus Group Meeting #2 on January 31, 2006, Woodside

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This is a really important meeting and we cyclists need to be present in force. This meeting is for public input concerning trail uses in Huddart and Wunderlich Park. Currently we have a trail from Woodside to Skyline for bikes on the table, but we still need to protect that and get it to pass the Board of Supervisors,

Come out to this meeting, Public Trail User Focus Group Meeting #2, on January 31, 2006 at 7 – 8:30 pm, at Independence Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, Woodside. They are taking public participation from 7:30 – 8:30. Please show up and speak out.

Here are a couple more things to say if you decide to speak. You don’t have to speak though. It is enough to show up in bike clothes or a ROMP or other club shirt or hat or similar.This is a really important meeting and we cyclists need to be present in force. This meeting is for public input concerning trail uses in Huddart and Wunderlich Park. Currently we have a trail from Woodside to Skyline for bikes on the table, but we still need to protect that and get it to pass the Board of Supervisors,

Here are a couple more things to say if you decide to speak. You don’t have to speak though. It is enough to show up in bike clothes or a ROMP or other club shirt or hat or similar.

Diabetes is quickly becoming an epidemic among today’s youth. Exercise is a great way to combat diabetes, and kids think cycling is fun – more fun than hiking or running.

Cycling is the only form of private transportation that many San Mateo County residents have. If they want to use the park, they have to ride there, and then they would have to lock up their bikes to enjoy the woods. This is economic discrimination.

Josh Moore
President
Responsible Organized Mountain Pedalers

ssulljm wrote:
> Here are some relevant points to make if adresssing the huddart park trails user mtng this Tues eve:
> 1: James Huddart deeded 900 acres of his property in 1935 so that it be developed into a public park, mainly benefitting youth due to his being raised an orphan..
> A lot more of todays Youth ride bicyclesthan ride horses. We have strayed from the wishes of Mr Huddart by excluding bicycles from Huddart Park.
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> 2:This suggested trail route(sqealer gulch) respects the wishes of equestrians for seperate trails for bicycles.
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> 3:Bicycles have a right to expect access within San Mateo county public parks
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> 4:Having cyclists within the legitimate groups of users within SMCP’s will greatly expand the volunteer base for ongoing parks projects
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> 5: Cyclists #’s are expanding, equestrians are diminishing, times are changing, cyclists are a tremendous asset to Santa Clara, East Bay Regional Parks and MROSD. San Mateo must broaden it’s base by including cyclists for it’s ongoing efforts to fund and maintain it’s public parks.
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> Thanx to all who will attend this mtng in Woodside Tues eve,
> Jim S

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