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Ride to Speculator & Wells: Update 2/17/15

When I got up at 7:30am and saw -16*F and a cloudy sky, my heart sunk. But, the sun broke out for a bit and the temperature crossed zero by 10:00am ride time on its way to an eventual high of 15*F. Including myself, 8 hearty riders showed up at the Benton Road parking lot for […]

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Tuesday’s Ride to Speculator is still ON!

The Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce ride to Speculator scheduled for Tuesday, February 17th at 10:00am is still on! Ride time temperature should be about 5*F with an afternoon high temperature expected to be around 15*F accompanied by little wind. Meet us at the Benton Road parking lot at 10:00am between the ballfield and town garage. […]

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Ride to Speculator/Wells: Update 2/11/15

Ahhh…the joys of mid-week riding! I knew it was going to be a good one today. Temperature started at -12*F this morning. I waited a bit until the temperature poked above zero, so I headed out around 9:30AM. The sun was out, I was warming up a bit and loving life. It was already a good […]

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Vulture Ride: Update 2/8/15

Update 2/9/15: It took the better part of three days, but Indian Lake picked up around 9 inches of snow while Speculator/Route 8 area picked up a bit over a foot. Total snow pack is a robust 18-30 inches. The snow bowls in southwestern Hamilton County may hold over 3 feet of snow! Ride Report […]

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Indian Lake to Old Forge: Update 2/3/15

I didn’t make a deal with the devil or blow off work today. I live here and this happened to be my day off. Was going to start at the crack of dawn. Umm…minus 15*F changes that strategy pretty quick. So I waited until 9:40AM to get underway, to give the groomers a head start. […]

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