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Galbraith Trailday this Saturday - October 16th

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Monkey
Apr 25, 2007
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Bellingham
Hi all,

The WMBC FR crew is kicking off the building season on Saturday, Oct. 16th with plans to work on Evolution and Scorpion. Evo needs some repairs, general maintenance, bigger berms, and some jumps reshaped.

Scorpion is getting some general maintenance, new berms to increase flow, and a flowy new section of single track as an alternate to the steep chute section.

Fanatik Bike Shop is sponsoring this trail day so you know there will be good coffee and pastries in the morning, hot pizza for lunch, and cold bevies all day long.

Details:
Date: Saturday, Oct. 16th
Time: Meet at 9:45 at the upper Lake Padden parking lot across from Galbraith Ln.
Sponsor: Fanatik Bike Shop
Trails: Evolution & Scorpion
Waiver: All volunteers will be required to sign a liability waiver before participating in any trail crew activities. Those under 18 years old will need to have a parent sign a waiver as well. You can print those off the WMBC website or they'll be some available in the morning of the build day.

Cheers,
EB
 

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Monkey
Apr 25, 2007
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Bellingham
Record day yesterday!! 71....

.....yeah, I said SEVENTY ONE folks came out to buff Evolution and Scorpion top to bottom. Serious kudos to Fanatik Bike, Russ B. and Kathy/Mark for such killer support and help bringing out the masses.

Evo had a lot of jumps and trannies slightly altered (mostly made longer) so give it a chill run down it the first lap and scope stuff out. The berms all got built up and drainage work was down the entire trail (not that it needed much). Also, the dirt is really soft, so go easy on the cutties racer-boys. ;)

Scorp is closed because some of the milled woodwork had some paint with sand applied to give it some grip (yes, it will get a second coat soon), so it'll be shut down for a day or so. Besides that, it got a ton of drainage work, berms dialed, the "chute" is super buffed and dialed. Also, a couple of flatter corners down low got bermage. The idea is to speed up the lower zone a bit.

Many thanks to the folks that took a sunny Saturday off the bike to give back. We had a ton of younger riders and at least a handful of ladies busting their butts which is very cool. The work we did today should carry us most of the way through the winter.

Cheers,
EB

P.S. Pics to follow....I'm heading out on my big bike now. :)