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Ride out to Lake Durant 3/31/14

Diehard Season? Fat Lady Singing? Whatever… I’m riding! I capitalized on a little after work riding opportunity and was not disappointed. The Indian Lake inner village trails had small studders, but the base was holding up well. Even places that are normally cooked to dirt still held a good base this evening. The Bear Trap […]

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Diehard season is upon us! Update 3/30/14

Ole Man Winter was dealt a crushing defeat last night in ilsnow land. Despite the radar showing “blue” of snow late Saturday night into early Sunday here in Indian Lake, it rained all night with temperatures around 33-34*F with sleet mixed in at times. Needless to say, everything is mashed potatoes and gravy and the […]

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Ride to Big T 3/28/14

No family home this evening, so I capitalized with another ride on the new 4-TEC to break her in. Indian Lake village trails were holding up pretty well. Bear Trap Swamp had areas of standing water, but nothing deep or flowing to seriously erode the trail going through it. C8 out to Headquarters overall was […]

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What a day! Ride Report 3/27/14

Update 3/28/14: As of 7AM we have 2 inches of fresh snow, and now we’re having a mixture of snow and sleet. It will eventually turn over to rain, but nowhere near enough to wipe us out. Come up and ride this weekend! We didn’t build Rome in a day and it’s not going to […]

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Speculator to Indian Lake 3/24/14. Get up here and RIDE!

Update 3/26/14: I took a nice little spin around town yesterday evening after work. Bottom line: If you’re not up here today or Thursday, you’re missing the best riding of the season. It’s just as simple as that! Ride Report 3/24/14: Last Friday’s ride was turning out to be one for the ages, until my […]

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