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frozenfat delivered Frozenfat was our first go at a winter event. Turned out to be a pretty good time. With around 25 riders representing five states showing up over the course of the weekend for the fatbike fun. Despite the long road to hosting the event with DCNR permits and other fancy forms of approval, the weekend flew by.  Friday night was the informal start of the saga with beers and

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December 25th generally marks the day when I pack the up the dog and bike and head east towards the homeland (Valley Forge/ Phoenixville.) This year I got the pass from the family to stay in the huntingdon area for the holiday and enjoy Christmas in my own way. Now before I start into this, let me say that I am not the grinch and I don't hate Christmas it is just not the holiday for me. But the

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Before I start this rant: 1- Allegrippis Trails are on federal land 2- It is legal to hunt on federal land 3- I am not a hunter but undersand others do utilize hunting as a form of gathering food and a form of sport. And fully support the act of respondsible hunting fishing etc etc. 4- Hunting seasons extend year round and cannot be defined simply by a set period of dates. 5- Mountain Biking or

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The last several weeks have been filled with to much trail work, to much rain, and not enough trail riding. After getting pissed off at the Pa One Call Guys and fed up with the BS of the contracting world I decided to get some pictures of what had been completed in the short span of several weeks. One of the several culverts along the new, yet to be named connector trail. This is at the powerline

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As most of the folks in the area are completely unaware of the new connector trail I figured I'd add some photos to introduce the new section of trail being completed as I write this. The trail will link the Visitors Center at the Seven Points Recreation Area, to Ridge Campground, and continue over to the Dark Hollow Trail on the Allegrippis Trails System. Trail construction is currently

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I woke up everyday this week before the 6:00am buzzer sounded and sat there thinking of what bike was I to build, repair, or otherwise nurse back to health, or finish a pre-season (which I absolutely hat the concept of. So, that's my best reason for not keeping folks informed of the happenings on the trails. Below you will find a quick list of things happening at the trails that might actually

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Crazy Mushrooms forming all around the trails... Guessing its the hot damp weather that we've seen recently. I was out late the other night scouting out some upcoming service projects for several larger groups that we have coming to the trail system for trail work days. As I was cruising through the woods from trail to trail with the Dinah dog, I started noticing a plethora of crazy colored

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Trail work is great.... and sometimes better with help. Today Juniata College "inbound" freshman visited the trails to work and ride. We met up early and did some cleaning and clearing on the the Buck and Fawn Trails. The 12 volunteers that made up the group put out a tremendous effort to remove debris and dirt from the drains in many of the grade reversals. Interested in trailwork opportunities

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well the mukluk was fun...but the Raystown Facility is about to become that much more accessible.http://www.surlybikes.com/blog/2523/And yes.

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Been a good week for riding with cooler evening and night time temps hitting as low as 60. As the Allegrippis tends to get pretty busy on the weekends I've been trekking around the area in search of fresh trail. As it should happen found some great snowmobile trails and singletrack on my last ride, which yielded some pretty wild terrain with massive boulders and spires in excess of 40 ft sticking

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Its early in the season but the rentals and service always seem to take over all the dimensons of my day. Sometimes its just right to leave at dark and return at dawn from a ride. The Salsa Fargo has been a wonderful tool for just such outtings, with it's Anything Cages installed, I can ride just about anywhere and sleep out for the night. Ridding back before the Dinah Dog needs to be walked.Late

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Thats right nearly 1200 people showed up for three days of camping, riding, beer, and fun!Complete with an epic, bike rodeo, womens ride series, beer school, pa tourism rally, and great live music, everyone was sure to have a good time. As the weather finally cleared late Friday morning the campers began to arrive in force. With bike strapped every which way on roofs and trunks the event began to

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The trails have been really hit or miss lately with the massive rain storms followed by dry spells.In an effort to minimize the impact on the Allegrippis....I've been searching for other two wheeled happiness in the greater Raystown region. I only just realized the capabilites of the Mukluk as a creeker. Literally cruising down the center of the creeks out to the lake, similar to the winter

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This past week has been busy out on the Allegrippis with both riders and RMBA trail projects. The EMS map is currently being updated to show locations a bit more accurately on the county mapping system. In an effort to get the best data possible we are working with the Huntingdon County Planning Office to GPS the trail system and emergency access points along it. Waiting for that signalWith the

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This was the Weds morning ride out at the lake. With temps touching the twenties around 6:45am it made for a chilly cruise. I had finished lacing up the El Mariachi's new dancing shoes and simply couldn't wait to get her out. Here is the shot of the Armoring section that was recently completed on the Berry Patch Trail...Super dry ...however still needs some work. The rest of the area:

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With 18 individuals showing up for about 4.5 hours of trail work, we had a very successful first "official" spring work day. Two cleaning and clearing crews headed out Alle-grippis Ridge and another on Red Legs, the rest of the lot headed up to the intersection of Berry Patch and one of the gravel roads the Corps. maintains. The section had always had a mud wallow and has only become worse with

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With 18 individuals showing up for about 4.5 hours of trail work, we had a very successful first "official" spring work day. Two cleaning and clearing crews headed out Alle-grippis Ridge and another on Red Legs, the rest of the lot headed up to the intersection of Berry Patch and one of the gravel roads the Corps. maintains. The section had always had a mud wallow and has only become worse with

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With the recent onslaught of warm weather the lake has again made for some great winter riding. I haven't touched the trails as they are covered with a nastey slushy icey layer. However, around the Sevenpoints area extending south towards Aitch has made for some great backcountry trail-less riding.Just exiting the Bay Camp area about forty feet up into the woods. Just below the timber harvest at

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Here is some recent fatbike fun out on lake Raystown:The lake was frozen across but not thick enough on the main channel. I stayed close to the side but rode from the Bakers Hollow lot down the stream out onto the lake by Sidewinder and Hydro Loop. As we just got two new Salsa Cycles Mukluk Fat Bikes in at Rothrock Outfitters. I've been taking full advantage of the awesome terrain crawling

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"Hey Fred, is that bike trail?""Nah thats just a deer trail, they'll come back."Well it appears that it was indeed a bike trail and not just another deer trail. Apparently the fine folks at Brumbaugh Lumber LLC didn't get that message.The section of Eagle Trail affected by timber harvests didn't just "affect" the area. Here is a couple of pictures. FYI trails not open until further notice. And

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Bring a Light Ride at Night.Recently I've been getting out for a fair number of night rides both in town and at the trails. The trails are super fast and with such speed at night... downed limbs and tight turns can get hairy. I went down hard last Weds night after taking a roller with a little to much speed into some leaf's. Not much to see but here are some recent pics of the light rides.

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With the onset of daylight savings its been tough to get day rides in during the week. Intersection at Berry Patch and Rays 11pm. Grippis RocksAlthough some days are much nicer than others. This was yesterday morning at the vista on the Allegrippis Trails. After hitting the trails I wanted to check out the lake as it looked pretty much devoid of all motorized traffic, which makes for some rather

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This is the ode' to the leafblower.So we get crazy looks when out on the trails with blowers, but honestly it makes the work in the spring that much easier. And with limited volunteers to call upon, spreading the workload out is a easy way to make it much more manageable. This is why the trails look the way they do. Yeah some might say its over the top even unnecessary. And well for the most part

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So, finally its a weekend day, when there isn't a river shuttle thats needs to be run, a work-weekend to attend to, custom bike build to wrap up, or blowdown on Eagle Trail that must absolutely be cleared! And all the races are over and festivals dont happen on Sunday's.Having recently built up a new el-mari with some of them fancy suspension forks, and some other more fresh parts, I needed to

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Archery Season Starts Tomorrow October 2nd 2010. If you are in the woods please wear bright orange! (if nothing else bright colors) It is not unsafe to be in the woods if you are wearing the proper colors. And realistically its archers....so you'd hope they could tell the difference between a rider and a deer. The trails and our area recieved the heavy soaking rains that everywhere else on the

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The last couple days have been quite busy on the trails. both in terms of riders and work. Couple more blowdowns cleaned. Couple more briar sections cleared.This is the drain fix at fawn. Hopefully it'll prove itself. If not we'll have a wallow in about six weeks.There is supposed to be three planks across the bottom. Porcupines! They only seem to be attacking the set of benches at the vista and

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Condtions:The trails are ridin' fast. With the lack of any soaking rains recently the dust factor is high, leaving a layer of small loose debris on top of the tread. Lower tire pressures and tightly spaced knobs seem to be working the best right now. Briars are mostly cleared from the trails with some small patches on Hydro Loop and sections of the Deer Trails. Nothing horrible just here and

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This is for Doug. Great Loop.

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Most recent ride has been the aptly named boxers 60Starting at Boxers Cafe' (410 Penn Street) with the finest of Ales, proceed out the door to the closest bike rack. After grabbing said bike, ride off down 4th Street crossing over the mighty Juniata River.Making a right at the intersection with Rt 22. Followed by a quick left on "fast food alley" (Crooked Creek Road just after Burger King.) Than

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Sorry for the lack of posts or trail updates.dirtFest was one hell of a time and its taken a while to get back to my semi-normal exsistence. Anyway now that the hoopla is over and the people and press gone. With 1100 people stopping out and exhibitors from as far as Florida and Arizona we had a huge turn-out. Be sure to check out the Dirtrag Mag write-up. Or the youtube.com video of the

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The trail system saw alot of down trees and other debris this past weekend with the windstorm.We where able to clear about 10 blowdowns out, and left alot of the little stuff. If you are headed out to the trails feel free to kick some of the little stuff off the trails or even carry a clipper in your pack to help us out a little.The sections that really need to be addressed:-Tip of Hydro

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Well at first it was a joke that the porcupines were out eating the signs and running off with them. Than they started in on the benches and have nibbled away at the corners of them. But this time the vandals are real two legged folk. About a week ago I recieved reports of signs that seemed to be missing out on the South End. After last nights work night we where out in this direction, and found

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No the trails dont just stay that way.....Heres how

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We've been tuning the north section to perfection! The leaves are cleared, most of the cuts have been cleared, the cut slope is even turning to berms in sections! This past weekend we only have five folks show for the workday, but where able to turn even the worst sections of Ridge and Berry Patch into great riding and looking groomers.Here are some pics to give you an idea....also we finally put

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Didn't know what else to call a day of trailwork on easter.... sorry.Seeing how this whole maintenance thing has become a religion for a few of us, it was only fitting to wake up on Easter Sunday at 7am to get out to the trails for some trailer-pulling, log clearing fun. None other than the holiest of trail saints Frank Maguire was out teaching the his young jedi the latest blowdown removal

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The trails are finally 100% clear of the snow, and have been drying out from the 3" of rain we recieved of the weekend. We were able to ride the following with reports following each trail nameEasy LoopBuck Trail- Leafy no blowdownsDoe Trail- Leafy no blowdownsFawn Trail- Not in great shape but totally rideable leaves in the grade reversalsOsprey- Great Shape just watch the briars at the top of

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March is here and the snow is just about off the trails! If you are interested in sporting the NEW 2010 RMBA and Rothrock Outfitters Jersey, we have them availible at the shop. The updates on the jersey include Standing Stone Coffe Company Boxers Cafe Also is on the Jersey Both provide moral support on both ends of trail days and events.

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March Monthly Meeting: March 2 2010.Tis the season for snow........so come talk about the warmer months with us...We Have Monthly Meetings at Rothrock Outfitters 418 Penn St. in Huntingdon.They Start at 5:00pm and are open to anyone. If you want to become a member and support the trails we greatly appreciate it. Just want to find out more about the trails and whats going on....just stop

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1. Today we recieved 14" of snow and the weather shouldn't be above 30 for the next 4 days here. 2. DirtFest Registration opened Feb 1st and the event website can be reached at www.dirtragdirtfest.com. 3. We are looking to schedule two workdays in March so if you can come out and work for a few hours (probably one on a sat and one sun.)

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The DirtFest Registration and blog is up and you can check it out at www.dirtragdirtfest.comor if that dont workdirtfest.blogspot.com

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The trails are riding great (for the middle of a wet January), lots of folks out riding the trails today. The conditions are supposed to get ugly tomorrow in the afternoon, so ride early. Think a few of the local goons will be out tomorrow, as if its above 20 degrees and theres not a foot of snow in January it's a mighty fine day for riding! Heres a pick from two weeks ago....SIGNSPlease be

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Saturday 1-23-10 at 11:00AMBakers Hollow Parking LotBring: BikesContact: Mike Mucker

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Theres been alot of discussion about Dirtfest and registration and who and for what....well check yer mailbox Feb 1st if you are DirtRag subcriber....if not just wait till the forums load up with all sorts of good tid bits about whats happening. Just so you dont go scheduling a event during this one (all you event schedulin' types) May 21st-23rd. Here's a teaser from last year for all the goons

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