Fun Trails: I Can't Wait

Raspberry Weekend

I unfortunately won't be there, but the trails and roads are open if you want to come out for some dirt road riding at 10AM Saturday or some Sunday raspberry picking on Trail C.

Logging Oktoberfest

Logging on the Oktoberfest and Underdown Lake area is underway. It looks like the loggers are being rather gentle with the trail so we'll have to clean up instead of rebuild. If logging machines are running, don't try to sneak past them. It might be best to avoid the area for a few weeks. Remember that the loggers are working and you are playing.

Eki's Tail

Click here if you haven't seen it.

Rhinelander Wins Thunderdown Cup

In a momentous group effort the crew from Rhinelander took the 2011 Thunderdown Cup home to reside at Bikes N Boards. 14 hodags logged a total of 295 miles on a beautifully hot day. Wausau riders accumulated a total of 116 miles and were left shaking their heads in awe at the tenacity of hodags on tough trails.
A new Cup will be commissioned for 2012. Word has it that the Duluth boys will roster up next year as long as Eki can convince Charlie that conditions aren't too perfect in the Underdown. Those boys love a good, long fight in foul weather, and they don't mind a little hamburger butt either.

A couple things I learned this year regarding next year:
1. This course is long enough! I think I've found the sweet spot with this year's format. Though there is a nice symmetry to a 25 mile lap, I'm starting to think that adding 9 miles that didn't make the cut this year might be the end. On a course that long I may never see you again.
2. People like cold water on course. Expect more bottles on ice next year.

Photos are here!

Results are here!