NEMBA/DCR Cutler Park Trail Day

On Saturday May 15th members of NEMBA, Hup United, and the International Bike Elite Mountain Bike Team joined forces for a trail day at Cutler Park in Needham, MA. The project involved the rehabilitation of a severely washed out section of trail. Countless wheel barrows full of gravel were dumped on the problem area and distributed evenly to form a nicely graded path.

Wow, that is one nicely graded path.

Kevin Sweeney swings his shovel like he's on the chain gang.

Steve Cobble from NEMBA was the project manager. He was an amazing PM,

he brought donuts.

Chip Baker makes the most of his cyclist's physique, smiling all the while

Some solid teamwork made the task fly by. What might have taken one lonely DCR employee an entire day was accomplished in a matter of a couple hours by this elite crew. Thanks to Bob Khederian, the DCR, and NEMBA for setting this up.

Wednesday Cutler Park MTB Ride

Had another good turnout for the IBC/NEMBA Wednesday Cutler Ride. Jon Lewis from Saris/Cycleops was in attendance, as were Tom and Chase Ennis. Chase is a budding Mountain and Cyclocross racer. The kid has some serious potential. The group was rounded out by Pam and John from Southborough, Javier from Natick, Stalwart attendee of the Wednesday ride, Corey French, and Me.



Not long into the ride we had a saddle bag explosion. I rolled up to find Chase and Tom trying to extricate a road tube from Chase's back wheel. "How did this happen" I thought "Did Chase run over a discarded road tube on the trail?". Nope, they had thrown a road tube in the bag because it was all they had in the house. Stop by the shop before the ride next time guys, we'll get you sorted out!

Very shortly after that Corey had a chain detonation. Luckily John had some spare links and after a few minutes of tinkering Corey was up and rolling again. We got him set up with a new chain when we got back to the shop.


We'll be out there again next Wednesday. Meet at IBC Newton 5:45, 71 Needham St., 617-527-0967.

Oh, and don't forget, next Saturday the 16th is NEMBA's Trail Care day at Cutler. Meet at the DCR Parking lot on Kendrick St. from 9AM-12PM. Breakfast and coffee will be provided courtesy of IBC. Word is there'll be a bit of off-road pedaling following the trail work,
so come on out and show Cutler Park some love! It's a great resource right here in our backyards.

-t

Cutler Ride With Bill

We had another successful Cutler Park ride Wednesday night. The Old Coot himself, Bill Boles graced us with his presence. For the not so straight story, go over here.

IBC Wednesday Rides
5:45ish
The Newton Shop, 71 Needham St.
No lights required
No drop, plenty of time to talk about skills, ask questions, compare bikes,
all that good stuff.