IMBA Trail Care Crew in Ringwood October 9-10

Our friends over at Ringwood State Park will be hosting a visit from the IMBA Trail Care Crew on October 9-10. This is a rare opportunity to get some advice and education from trail building pros! 

Chris and Leslie Kehmeier of the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be in Ringwood for a Trailbuilding School. The Crews teach sustainable trail building, which means building trails that last a long time and require minimal maintenance. This helps reduce trail damage, protects the environment and enhances visitor enjoyment. Join the crew for a social event, day of trail building and fun ride!

If you are interested, check out the link here and register today! https://www.imba.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=58 - and tell your friends!

Reminder - Tuesday night beginner rides at Jungle Habitat!

Just a reminder about our joint TTC/JORBA beginner rides on Tuesday nights at Jungle Habitat. Meet-up at 5:30 - we'll try to roll between 5:45-6 p.m. Bring a friend, neighbor, spouse - we have a few nice beginner loops to take you on! 

Let us know if you have any questions - info@teamtowncycle.com !

Weekend rides for Sept. 10-12

We have two rides for you this weekend - one road, one in the woods.

• Our weekly Friday night road ride on Clinton Road! Daylight is leaving us, so make sure you join us while you can. Let's ride by 6 p.m. - meet at the old Village Square Inn on Route 23 in Newfoundland. These Friday night rides will soon disappear for the year, so we hope to see you out there
• Saturday, September 11 - Heather and David Kahl will lead a medium paced mountain bike ride over at Blue Mountain Reservation, previewing Sunday's Campmor H2H race course. Meet time is 10 a.m. They will meet in the parking lot near the start…past the entry Kiosk and bear left at the entrance. Directions to Blue Mountain are here . Even if you aren't planning on racing on Sunday, if you're up for a mountain bike ride, you should check out Blue Mountain - it's a great place to ride!
• Just a reminder - for anyone who is going riding at Jungle Habitat this weekend - the air show is going on all weekend next door, and the parking lot at JH will be used for parking. Please be aware of all the extra vehicular and pedestrian traffic as you come and go - and there may be traffic entering and exiting Airport Road during peak hours. 

Have a great weekend everybody, and good luck to everyone who is racing at Blue Mountain this weekend!

Jealous of our new kits?

Our new kits came in about 4 weeks ago, and they are awesome!

Dillon models the long sleeve jersey

So, you say you missed out on our pre-order, and now you are having kit envy? Well, lucky for you - we can help with that! We're doing a limited re-order - jerseys and shorts only - so here's your second chance!

Short sleeve jersey and shorts, front and back

If you are interested, shoot us an email at info@teamtowncycle.com, and we'll get you an order form. Forms and payment in full (orders will not be accepted without payment!) are due by September 30, so get off your duff and get your order in!

Beginnings (or Beginners!) and Endings

A quick reminder that tonight is our first Tuesday night beginner mountain bike ride at Jungle Habitat! Meet us at 5:30 at the Jungle Habitat gate - we'll try to roll out between 5:45-6:00 for an hour or so beginner paced ride. A great way to work on some skills while being shown around Jungle Habitat!

All good things must come to an end, and so we wistfully announce that Wednesday, September 8 will be the last Ladies Night Clinton Road ride of the season! It's been a great season, and we really appreciate all of you who made it out to one of our rides. Sherri Albrecht will be leading this last ride of the season, and we hope you can make it. We'll meet, as usual, at the old Village Square Inn on Rt. 23 in Newfoundland. Due to the shortening daylight hours, we'll start at 5:45 p.m.

Again, thanks to all of the ladies who joined us over the last few months, and stay tuned - we are planning a little end of season Ladies Night dinner - we'll let you know the details as soon as we can!

Save these dates!

A few date reminders to share -

• September 19 - Rumble in the Jungle - NJ State Mountain Bike Championship! Need we say more? Come out and race it, work it or watch it - we want you there!
• October 2 - Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. We had a great ride last year, and once again IMBA will hook us with snacks, stickers, etc. All the info is here - bring your kid, someone else's kid - doesn't matter!
• October 9-10 - the IMBA Trail Care Crew is going to be visiting Ringwood State Park. This is a rare opportunity to learn from the pros all the ins and outs of trail building and maintenance. We'll announce all of the info on the blog early next week.
• October 7-11 - Kingdom Trails trip! Great time of year to visit Vermont! Details are here .
• November 7 - our second annual Cyclocross at The Hidden Valley Club! Our race is also the NJ State Championship race for 2010, so all the more fun! Official blog announcement soon, but information is in the flyer .
• November 12 - our year end Team Town Cycle dinner at High Crest Lodge, 7 p.m. More details forthcoming as we get closer ...

So there you go - a few things to pencil in on your calendar! As always, let us know if you have any questions - we're happy to help!

Have a great weekend!

Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day is October 2!

Our 2009 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day ride!

We're very excited to once again partner with IMBA to host Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day! Last year's event was a great success (even if we did get rained on a bit!), so we're hoping for even more riders this year.

This year the event will be on Saturday, October 2, from 1-3 p.m. at our favorite local riding spot, Jungle Habitat. We'll have snacks, water, stickers and maybe even a few prizes for all the kids, so mark the calendar, gather the short set, and join us! All of the information can be found here, and you can always find a link to our flyer on the left sidebar.

As always, let us know if you have any questions - info@teamtowncycle.com . This is one of our favorite events of the year, so we hope you'll be able to join us!