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catsruletn IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline My bike demands rights!! Posts: 2262 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/20/06	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #40 - 09/16/14 at 1:05am	Print Post
	NC_Pyga wrote on 09/15/14 at 9:36pm: Looks like there is trail work scheduled at Beaty on Saturday between 8am and 2pm. Something to take into consideration for the planning. As an aside, are trails generally closed for / during trail work? I plan to be at Beatty before dawn and long gone before the trail work starts. As far as in general it really depends on how much work is going on as to whether the section of trail that is being worked on will close or not. Usually not but if the work is extensive or heavy machinery is involved then yes. So the weather forecast is looking good for Saturday so as of today, this is on for Saturday the 20th. This is my new itinerary. I realize it may not make sense to everyone but there are multiple factors that have gone into planning it and it's the best I can come up with when I take everything into consideration. Please note, if you plan on joining for the whole thing, bring lights. I plan on starting in the dark and ending in the dark. Francis Beatty Renaissance SWDP Park RD/BYT/Marion Diehl Sherman LNSP Signal Hill Fisher Farm North Meck I will plan on getting to Beatty around 6:15am and will ride as soon as the trail opens. Anyone is welcome to join at any time along the route and I plan for this to be social but I/we cannot wait for anyone. In the interests of time as soon as I/we arrive at a trail head I/we will start riding without waiting. And likewise anyone that wants to go ahead and go faster than me is most welcome to do so. You won't hurt my feelings in anyway and I would encourage you and cheer you on the whole way. I will update again towards the end of the week with any last minute changes or anything.

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gonzo In The Loop Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 443 Location: plaza/midhood Joined: 07/28/12	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #41 - 09/16/14 at 10:59am	Print Post
	This is gonna be AWESOME!!!!! . It's probably gonna hurt, too.

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sager Big Ring Offline Waiting for my next ride! Posts: 1343 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/02/08	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #42 - 09/16/14 at 1:03pm	Print Post
	catsruletn wrote on 09/16/14 at 1:05am: Please note, if you plan on joining for the whole thing, bring lights. I plan on starting in the dark and ending in the dark. Question is do you have enough batteries? I got you finishing at 10:00PM and I think that's conservative. Thats about 3 hours of battery time. Can't wait to hear the report.

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catsruletn IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline My bike demands rights!! Posts: 2262 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/20/06	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #43 - 09/18/14 at 4:04pm	Print Post
	Weather is looking perfect for Saturday so this is on! Start will be Francis Beatty about 6:15am and it will evolve from there. As noted above if you plan on joining for the whole thing, bring enough light to last a few hours just in case. I will pretty much bring all my lights so I will likely have extra if anyone needs. I’m getting excited. Good or bad, I think it’s going to be a cool adventure and I am interested to see how it turns out.

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NC_Pyga Coaster Bike Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 125 Location: Charlotte Joined: 01/02/14	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #44 - 09/18/14 at 5:16pm	Print Post
	Will you be updating this board with your progress so others that may want to join for some of the legs can time their arrival at the various trails to coincide with yours? I would like to try hook up at one (or more depending on timing and my legs) Rennie, SWDP, BYT and Sherman. I wish I had the legs to try the whole thing. What would be great is if you had once of those live tracking apps so we can see your progress live online.

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Solar Little Ring Offline I can ride my bike with no handle bars Posts: 693 Location: Matthews Joined: 10/26/11	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #45 - 09/18/14 at 5:47pm	Print Post
	In light of covering bases, and since six of your eleven trails are currently closed, is there a plan for trails that do not open by Saturday morning? Or if more are still closed than open, will you still go for it on the open trails? You do have a good 48 hours of dry time, so you should be fine, but some trails dry slower than others. Of course, with a little influence and contact with the powers that be, trail status could change at any time for any reason.

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climber Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 424 Joined: 07/14/10	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #46 - 09/18/14 at 11:43pm	Print Post
	Solar wrote on 09/18/14 at 5:47pm: Of course, with a little influence and contact with the powers that be, trail status could change at any time for any reason. All trails will be open.

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catsruletn IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline My bike demands rights!! Posts: 2262 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/20/06	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #47 - 09/19/14 at 9:21am	Print Post
	NC_Pyga wrote on 09/18/14 at 5:16pm: Will you be updating this board with your progress so others that may want to join for some of the legs can time their arrival at the various trails to coincide with yours? I would like to try hook up at one (or more depending on timing and my legs) Rennie, SWDP, BYT and Sherman. I wish I had the legs to try the whole thing. What would be great is if you had once of those live tracking apps so we can see your progress live online. Live tracking would be cool but seeing as I can't even handle group texting, it sounds way too complicated and fancy for this girl. So I have an individual who has volunteered to update this board with progress so just look here. Quote: In light of covering bases, and since six of your eleven trails are currently closed, is there a plan for trails that do not open by Saturday morning? Or if more are still closed than open, will you still go for it on the open trails? You do have a good 48 hours of dry time, so you should be fine, but some trails dry slower than others. Of course, with a little influence and contact with the powers that be, trail status could change at any time for any reason. I might have to start mailing certain people some fishes. I really don't have a plan for that. I am hoping by the end of today everything opens. Having said that there was rain overnight which I wasn't expecting. I might have to push it to Sunday. I am really hoping that doesn't happen but that might be what happens. Stay tuned.

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catsruletn IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline My bike demands rights!! Posts: 2262 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/20/06	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #48 - 09/19/14 at 9:33pm	Print Post
	Ok so we are rolling with this tomorrow morning as planned and just hoping by that time the trails will be open. If we encounter any closed trails we deal with that as it comes. It will be part of the adventure.

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gonzo In The Loop Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 443 Location: plaza/midhood Joined: 07/28/12	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #49 - 09/19/14 at 9:53pm	Print Post
	Beer for the horses!! Tequila for the men, and women!! For tomorrow, WE RIDE!!!!!!

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49erRider Ex Member	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #50 - 09/19/14 at 10:20pm	Print Post
	So who is all going to attempt this? Wait I mean DO THIS!

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KevinB Little Ring Offline Posts: 752 Location: Mocksville Joined: 05/16/09	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #51 - 09/19/14 at 10:33pm	Print Post
	Where will you/we be parking for Beatty?

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BigBikeMike Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1593 Joined: 06/14/09	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #52 - 09/20/14 at 12:25am	Print Post
	Emily, have fun and don't hurt yourself too much! I just opened NM, so you can do it also. If I weren't at Snowshoe, I would join you for part of the crawl.

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catsruletn IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline My bike demands rights!! Posts: 2262 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/20/06	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #53 - 09/20/14 at 12:29am	Print Post
	BigBikeMike wrote on 09/20/14 at 12:25am: Emily, have fun and don't hurt yourself too much! I just opened NM, so you can do it also. If I weren't at Snowshoe, I would join you for part of the crawl. Thanks Mike! I appreciate you doing that. Hope you have fun at Snowshoe. Kevin, I am pretty sure we will be parking at the tennis courts. We will likely be there for the opening of the park so you should see us pretty easily. Quote: So who is all going to attempt this? Wait I mean DO THIS! Not sure actually! I will have to see who all shows up.

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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #54 - 09/20/14 at 12:34am	Print Post
	Four of us rolled three laps at SWDP and cleared any deadfall. The tree that is lying across the trail is easily hopped and so we are leaving it for "character" as a "trail feature." The trail is dry and ready for your ride. Godspeed.

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catsruletn IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline My bike demands rights!! Posts: 2262 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/20/06	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #55 - 09/20/14 at 12:37am	Print Post
	Awesome! Thanks to all of you.

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catsruletn IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline My bike demands rights!! Posts: 2262 Location: Charlotte NC Joined: 07/20/06	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #56 - 09/20/14 at 9:50am	Print Post
	Been up since 4. Left my house at 5:30.

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sager Big Ring Offline Waiting for my next ride! Posts: 1343 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/02/08	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #57 - 09/20/14 at 9:58am	Print Post
	Go get em!

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Doc00t IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline When in DOUBT, PEDAL it OUT Posts: 1785 Location: University Joined: 05/09/12	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #58 - 09/20/14 at 11:32am	Print Post
	Heading to renni

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climber Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 424 Joined: 07/14/10	Re: Trailblazer trail crawl Reply #59 - 09/20/14 at 11:35am	Print Post
	catsruletn wrote on 09/20/14 at 9:50am: Been up since 4. Left my house at 5:30. Been up since 7:15. Haven't left the house yet. See you in a little bit.

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