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abruzzopat Little Ring Offline Irritating animated GIF... I'll remove it soon. Posts: 519 Location: Belmont, NC Joined: 06/29/14	SWDP is back at full strength! 05/25/15 at 12:38pm	Print Post
	SWDP is fully open again and better than ever! Thanks to everyone who helped with the brand new section! We replaced what we lost to the bulldozers and hooked up the disconnected part of the trail. The new stretch (dubbed "Tamale Loop") is still a bit soft, but it's fast and fun! It's a bit more difficult than most of the trail, and beginners can skip it by choosing the main trail at the fork. Just pay attention to the temporary signage out there. GO RIDE!

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abruzzopat Little Ring Offline Irritating animated GIF... I'll remove it soon. Posts: 519 Location: Belmont, NC Joined: 06/29/14	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #1 - 05/25/15 at 12:43pm	Print Post
	PS... stay tuned for details about Trips For Kids coming to SWDP! Saturday July 18th (if all goes as planned) we will have a trailer of bikes out there and will be looking for folks to come out and show support.

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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: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #2 - 05/25/15 at 2:33pm	Print Post
	Great news! Sorry I couldn't come help. We were out if town all weekend.

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NateW Newbie Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1 Joined: 05/26/15	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #3 - 05/26/15 at 1:00am	Print Post
	Went to the trail today and noticed the new section, thanks so much, wish I would have known the work was being done but I just registered today. I would be happy to help next time there's work to be done here.

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stretch Newbie Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 37 Joined: 07/09/09	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #4 - 05/26/15 at 3:21pm	Print Post
	Was out yesterday, too. Trail is riding well. Glad to have it in the ride-from-home rotation.

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abruzzopat Little Ring Offline Irritating animated GIF... I'll remove it soon. Posts: 519 Location: Belmont, NC Joined: 06/29/14	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #5 - 05/26/15 at 5:36pm	Print Post
	Some pics from out there... Here is the fork to choose the new "Tamale Loop" option: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Here is where the new section drops down... the trail on the left is the existing return which we recovered: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Here is one of the "dip-curve" sections we built: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) And here is the mossy shoe with the skull: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)
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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #6 - 05/26/15 at 7:09pm	Print Post
	Looks good Pat! What is the total mileage out there now? (I was clocking 2 miles from car door to car door - but I didn't ride the new loop). p.s. I hope you had a chance to grab the fresh cut cedar logs and all the dirt we hauled in for that tabletop. You could easily use it to build a new one somewhere...
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abruzzopat Little Ring Offline Irritating animated GIF... I'll remove it soon. Posts: 519 Location: Belmont, NC Joined: 06/29/14	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #7 - 05/26/15 at 7:52pm	Print Post
	Specialist wrote on 05/26/15 at 7:09pm: Looks good Pat! What is the total mileage out there now? (I was clocking 2 miles from car door to car door - but I didn't ride the new loop). p.s. I hope you had a chance to grab the fresh cut cedar logs and all the dirt we hauled in for that tabletop. You could easily use it to build a new one somewhere... Thanks Erik. It's basically back to the mileage it was before the bulldozers... about 2.5. As far as saving anything... if you go out there and check out that area, you will see that there was no chance of that.

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Enoch Forum Administrator IB Room Project Board In The Loop Offline Walked with God and he was not Posts: 8702 Joined: 05/08/04	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #8 - 05/26/15 at 8:11pm	Print Post
	nice looking work guys

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The Cycle Path IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline Treasurer '11 to '18. Trail Chair '12-'18, '20-'21 Posts: 11858 Location: Lake Norman Joined: 08/04/03	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #9 - 05/26/15 at 8:31pm	Print Post
	DUDE! I LOVE YOU, PAT! That is some amazing work, guys! Absolutely beautiful! You just soooo made my day!! This calls for dancing bananas!!

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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #10 - 05/26/15 at 8:57pm	Print Post
	Plenty of fresh dirt out there right now though.... ehhh? EHHHHH???? Bet we could find some ceeeeeeddaaaaarrr.... ehhh? EHHHHHHH????

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Natedilla Small Cog Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 410 Joined: 12/16/11	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #11 - 05/26/15 at 10:16pm	Print Post
	Cant wait to go hit this trail this week for a few laps. Pat, you're the man!

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josh26 Coaster Bike Offline I Love YaBB 2! Posts: 121 Location: Concord, NC Joined: 01/30/08	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #12 - 05/27/15 at 12:57am	Print Post
	Good job guys!

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abruzzopat Little Ring Offline Irritating animated GIF... I'll remove it soon. Posts: 519 Location: Belmont, NC Joined: 06/29/14	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #13 - 05/27/15 at 12:17pm	Print Post
	Just want to call out again the help I got on the 17th... Orrin, Paul, Greg, Tom and Noel: Thanks again guys!

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Nuke Coaster Bike Offline Work Ride Wolfpack Trailblazer Posts: 147 Location: Fort Mill Joined: 01/21/15	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #14 - 05/28/15 at 12:28pm	Print Post
	I did four laps yesterday. It was great to have the added length and new challenge. Thanks.

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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: SWDP is back at full strength! Reply #15 - 05/29/15 at 12:21am	Print Post
	Rode two laps today. Nice job Pat! The Tamale Loop is a clever way to recover a lot of the old trail (I'm still upset that we lost the section with the tabletop though - that was the fastest part of the original trail). The new line into the existing trail is sweet too (one of those dips near the end is a bit of a widow maker though, a little too steep to roll fast and a little too long to jump). Plenty of dirt just the other side of that fence... just sayin' Pat... Do you know how LONG it took us to find enough dirt in the woods for that tabletop....? I mean, it's like they OWE us that dirt, you know? It's not like it'd be STEALING or anything...

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