[splat]

Otis air force base on cape cod. after yesterday of riding on 5 inchs of solid Ice , today was quite a treat too. Dry snow free trails

we went down as a group of 4 , Me , BADdna , Berkshire_rider and TuurnerGirl.
this would be The maiden Voyage fot BadDNA's new Big hit.

any way , here is Berkshire rider starting things off with and Up and over .

The We found a Small launch , Berkshire Rider

TurnerGirl followed .

But was going a bit too fast.

Here is BadDNA with the new rig , rolling .

fun

then we found this fun little stunt

BAd stitching job , but you get the idea .

View from the bottom

We then would run Into CP, Rich and Carol.

Carol into somoe rocks

Rich Getting some air

CP on his ridgid 29er.

group shot

Berkshire_rider hitting a SMall drop on to Ice.

Made a Horrible sound on landing , Uhhhh We have a problem here.

at this point our grup split up and we high tailed it out to get the truck and pick up Berkshire rider,

Think this trail has an erosion problem ???

But it was a Fun 4 hour ride!

 

[Quo Fan]

Second time I've seen a Specialized break BOTH chainstays at the same time.

Too bad Otis is 3 1/2 hour away for me now. I had fun the last time I rode there.

 

[BadDNA]

Great ride today, thanks everyone for coming.

 

[TurnerGrl]

Great ride today, thanks everyone for coming.

That was a blast! BadDNA did an awesome job on surviving lots of XC (mixed in with some wicked fun stunts and drops) on the new Big Hit. There would have been much cursing had the Silver Turtle come and convinced me to bring my Big Hit. Oh, I envy the Rohloff... BTW, thanks for driving us down - coming from the Worcester area, the ride to the Cape to escape the snow was well worth it...but especially when being chauffered!

Berkshire Rider, we're all thrilled that the Enduro gave way when it did and not off some of the bigger stuff we hit. Glad you came away in one piece! BTW, I thought he said "more speed" instead of "scrub speed" in my addition to the crash thread...hard to hear in those full face helmet apparently

Splat, as usual, thanks for the pics

Good times :biggrin:

 

[BurlyShirley]

Nice as usual splat. Where the heck do you live?

 

[splat]

Where the heck do you live?

The heart of Patriots Country

30 Miles SW of Boston

 

[I Are Baboon]

Freakin Steve...always breaking sh!t.

Looks like a fun ride!!

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

My cat's name is Otis.

 

[narlus]

My cat's name is Otis.

my son's name is Otis.

it's a fun place, and i used to ride there a lot pre-kids (esp in the winter, for the reasons splat mentioned), but ~100 miles each way is a long way to drive and for a ride and pretty much kills the day.

 

[JRogers]

The heart of Patriots Country

30 Miles SW of Boston

Just out of curiosity, what town do you actually live in? My whole family lives in Mass basically...Mom is from Eastie and Dad is from Revere. A lot of my family lives in Lynn and that area, friends in Acton. My brother goes to Haaavaahhd.

Anyway, nice pics!

 

[berkshire_rider]

Freakin Steve...always breaking sh!t.

 

[splat]

Just out of curiosity, what town do you actually live in?

Holliston, MA ( 8 mile south of mass Pike just off of I 495 )

 

[berkshire_rider]

A few more assorted pics from today.

Turnergirl on the way up:

BadDNA and Turnergirl rolling:

CP and Rich going up the gap:

Splat scouting new lines:

BadDNA JRA:

 

[GumbaFish]

Seeing that makes me envy you guys. I can't remember the last time I rode my bike with the snow and whatnot.

 

[SuspectDevice]

Specialized should give your whole crew free bikes as r+D riders. It seems like you post a broken bike every month!

 

[MMcG]

Oh Snap! literally. Steve, will you be putting the Craftworks back into commission now?

Glad you didn't get hurt at least, but ouch on those chainstays. ugh.
Nice pics splat and Steve!!

 

[Hunter]

Nice pics, very cool to find some dry land in the NE right now. I used to travel out to the Cape all the time...never knew there was much for trails there.

I love the rigid Haro 29er. One of the Mary's right?

Bummer about busting the Specialized...but that means a new bike for you!! Always a bright side. I busted the chainstay on my Dakar a couple years ago, and of course it happened about 10 miles from the trailhead. Least you were close to the vehicles when it happened.

 

[berkshire_rider]

Oh Snap! literally. Steve, will you be putting the Craftworks back into commission now?

Glad you didn't get hurt at least, but ouch on those chainstays. ugh.
Nice pics splat and Steve!!

The Craftworks will be back in the lineup soon, but not right away. Milford bike has some Jamis Dakar demo's right now i can use if I ride this week.

 

[McGRP01]

Steve rides like a hack.

 

[berkshire_rider]

Bummer about busting the Specialized...but that means a new bike for you!! Always a bright side. I busted the chainstay on my Dakar a couple years ago, and of course it happened about 10 miles from the trailhead. Least you were close to the vehicles when it happened.

Specialized has a known, ungoing problem with the rear chainstay welds on the SX Trail's and Enduro's. They have been honoring the warranties, no questions asked. The new rear triangles have been reinforced and are supposed to correct the issue.

Two of the regular's I ride with have broken multiple chainstays, one also broke both at the same time.

 

[splat]

Specialized should give your whole crew free bikes as r+D riders. It seems like you post a broken bike every month!

I agree completly !!

you would think Specialized would begin to wonder , with the volume of Broken bike frames that Milford Bike sends back to them.

 

[Trainwreck]

Animals!!! I'd be @ss over tea kettle attempting some of that. Great stuff!

 

[berkshire_rider]

Nice pics, very cool to find some dry land in the NE right now. I used to travel out to the Cape all the time...never knew there was much for trails there.

Otis is always fun, and usually snow-free all winter. Probably worth the trip down in the summer, as well.

I love the rigid Haro 29er. One of the Mary's right?

 

[BadDNA]

After the rides I've had down there in the summer, I have to disagree. I think it's great when the ground's frozen and there's too much snow up here, but summertime I wasn't very thrilled with the trails down there. I'd rather ride up in our neck of the woods than to make the trip down there just to ride Otis. (just my opinion)

 

[Riding]

After the rides I've had down there in the summer, I have to disagree. I think it's great when the ground's frozen and there's too much snow up here, but summertime I wasn't very thrilled with the trails down there. I'd rather ride up in our neck of the woods than to make the trip down there just to ride Otis. (just my opinion)

I have disagree with your disagreement. You could easily make a weekend on the cape with riding by going to Otis one day and Trail of Tears the next. Don't let NEMBAfest fool you about ToT, there's a nice 20 or so mile XC loop in there if you actually start at the trail head as opposed to 4 miles away.

 

[SlapheadMofo]

I'm thinking of heading down that way this coming w/e - anybody up for playing tour guide, or maybe just pointing me in the right direction?

 

[berkshire_rider]

May not have to go that far, unless we get more snow. Not sure where we plan on riding this weekend? - but if you go, take 495/25 over the Bourne bridge. take 28 south. Get off 28 at the exit for Rte. 151. Take a right at the bottom of the ramp so you are going East on 151, and just after you go back under 28, the trailhead is on your left by a pile of sand. Should be other cars parked there, as well.

 

[BadDNA]

I'm thinking of heading down that way this coming w/e - anybody up for playing tour guide, or maybe just pointing me in the right direction?

I could probably be convinced to go again. I don't think we'll lose that much of this damned ice between now and then.

 

[SlapheadMofo]

Sweet - please let me know when/where you guys end up going.
I'm itching to get out....

 

[Riding]

Bikerag has a decent map. Most of the fun stuff is on the bottom of the map(below 41deg 39'). But there're definitely some hidden gems beyond that.


http://www.bikerag.com/images/MAPS/MA/ma-otis_map.JPG

 

[BadDNA]

Berkshire_Rider is looking to get a Borderland ride going on Sunday, want to do Otis on Saturday?

 

[splat]

And Jen wants me to be riding her Big hit , well this could be fun

 

[SlapheadMofo]

Thanks Dave!

We're looking at Saturday too (so far).

 

[MMcG]

And Jen wants me to be riding her Big hit , well this could be fun

You must ride the Big Hit and get some air on it! And someone must capture said big air.

 

[BadDNA]

You can bet your ass that if Splat is on a big bike I'm bringing my helmet cam! Pics...no way...VIDEO!

 

[Quo Fan]

Be advised: Borderland is hosting the Merlin Trailwork thank you ride on Sunday. This is an invite only ride. I know, because I got an invite. I'm going on that ride.

 

[Heidi]

Broken bike

 

[SlapheadMofo]

Be advised: Borderland is hosting the Merlin Trailwork thank you ride on Sunday. This is an invite only ride. I know, because I got an invite. I'm going on that ride.

Thought that was postponed???

 

[Vos]

Thought that was postponed???

Just got confirmation from DR that it was postponed. So I'm up for Otis Sunday morning.

 

[splat]

Just got confirmation from DR that it was postponed. So I'm up for Otis Sunday morning.

Otis is Saturday , Borderland is sunday . and the Trailwork thank you was postponed .