Williams Lake Classic p/b Favata’s Table Rock Tours and Bicycles
Registration for the Williams Lake Classic, the first race in the New York State MTB Series, is now open.
For a long time, this course has been one of my favorites. Williams Lake offers the best single track on the east coast. The course is about 5 miles per lap of mostly technical flowing single track, and best of all the cave. Yep, the course actually goes through a cave. There will be a new course for this 2012 edition. The promoters ask that you please do not pre-ride until the Saturday before the event, as the property is private and not open to the public.
The entry fee has been increased to $35 this year to cover the cost of profesional timing and scoring. So no more relying on sub par USA Cycling officials…this year the results will be done in a timely manner and correct.
The online registration closes at 11:45 pm Friday June 8.
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN CATERING WILL BE ON SITE COOKING UP SOME GREAT FOOD TO SATISFY YOUR BELLY AFTER YOU RACE.
For more info go to www.trtbicycles.com, call 845-658-7832 or stop by Favatas Table rock Tours and Bicycles.
Day of registration opens at 7:00am and there will be a $5 charge for day of registration. Registration will close 30 min before the strat of each race.
If you need lodging: The Sheeley House Bed and Breakfast. To inquire please call 845-658-7832 and ask for Christian.
Directions to Williams Lake:
From the North take NYS thruway exit 19 Kingston traffic circle to Washington ave at the fourth light on Washington make a right turn onto Lucas ave. Follow Lucas ave and sign for the race aprox 3 miles. Make a left on to Binnewater rd. Williams lake is aprox 3 miles on left.
From the south take NYS thruway Exit 18 for New Paltz go through toll and take a left travel through town at the third light make a right onto rt 32 north towards Rosendale. Follow 32 in to Rosendale after crossing the one lane bridge make a left onto rt 213. From there follow signs for the race. As you leave town you will make your first right onto Binnewater rd Williams lake will be aprox 1 mile on right.
You can register via BikeReg here -> Williams Lake Classic presented by Favata’s Table Rock Tours and Bicycles Online Registration.
Riding a Bike While Under the Influence
States and courts are split on the subject of drunk biking. Some people automatically doubt the amount of harm a bicyclist can cause to others, considering the nature of a bicycle. However, some states and their laws acknowledge that, even assuming a bicyclist likely only harms themselves by drunk biking, an injury to a drunken rider can have a profound effect on others, especially their family members.
In any case involving an allegation of drunk bicycling, the first place to look to is the DUI/DWI law of that state. Some states exclude bicycles entirely from their definition of “vehicles.” Other states limit the application of their DUI or DWI laws to “motor vehicles.” But some states treat bicycles as just another vehicle on the road, regardless of the language used within their DUI laws. In these states, drunk bike riders face the same potential legal landmines as any other drunk driver.
In general, where a state law on drunk driving specifically prohibits the operation of a “motor vehicle,” the chances are very high that the law will be interpreted by courts as not applying to bicycles or similar man-powered vehicles. On the other hand, where statutes apply more generally to all “vehicles,” courts sometimes find that bicycles fall into this category. A local attorney can be of valuable assistance in finding out what, if any laws, apply in these circumstances, and can determine whether or not courts in the area have applied state DUI laws to cyclists. Or, just don’t do it.
Shimano New England Pro Cyclocross Series
The dates for the 2012 edition of the Shimano New England Pro Cyclocross Series have been announce. The official Shimano NEPCX 2012 Dates:
- September 29/30 – Gloucester, MA
- October 6/7 – Providence, RI
- November 3/4 – Northampton, MA
- December 1/2 – Warwick, RI
New: Hammer Nutrition Recovery Bar
Hammer Nutrition and a new bar coming to market, the Hammer Recovery Bar. Whether as a solid-food recovery fuel, a second meal after your immediate post-workout/race bottle of Recoverite, or as an occasional snack to bolster your daily protein intake, the Hammer Recovery Bar fits the bill perfectly. Each gluten-free, GMO-free, certified dairy kosher Hammer Recovery Bar is 
comprised of 70% organic ingredients, including ample amounts of carbohydrates, a whopping 20 grams of a cold-processed whey protein blend derived from grass-fed cows, and a substantial 8 grams of fiber.
The new Recovery Bar contains:
- High-quality whey protein
- 70% organic ingredients
- Gluten-free, GMO-free, certified dairy kosher
- Amino acids with post-exercise benefits
- Great tasting Peanut Butter-Chocolate
Fortified with vitamins and minerals, it’ s also an especially good source of calcium, magnesium, and potassium. The Hammer Recovery Bar contains added amounts of amino acids with post-exercise benefits (L-glutamine, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-valine, and L-isoleucine). For enhanced absorption, the Hammer Recovery Bar also contains a full spectrum of digestive enzymes. Best of all, the peanut butter-chocolate combination is addictively delicious!
Athletic performance improvement depends on a program of exercise to stimulate muscular and cardiovascular adaptation followed by a recovery period in which the body rebuilds itself slightly more fit than before. Thus, the real gain of exercise occurs during recovery, but only in the presence of adequate rest and optimal nutritional support. The Hammer Recovery Bar helps boost overall health and enhances recovery with nutrients, high-quality protein, and complex carbohydrates. In addition, it contains:
- Generous amounts of fiber (8 grams)
- Recovery-beneficial amino acids (L-Glutamine, L-Arginine, L-Leucine, L-Valine, and L-Isoleucine).
- Full-spectrum digestive enzyme blend for efficient digestion and maximal nutrient absorption.
- Inulin fiber, a dietary fiber and a fructooligosaccharide (FOS) derived from chicory roots and other natural sources. Inulin fiber is considered to be a prebiotic, stimulating the growth of friendly, beneficial intestinal bacteria that supports good colon health. Because it also has a very low glycemic index, it is suitable for many people who are on restricted diets.
- No refined sugar. The sugar content in the bars is from natural sources.
- No trans fat.
HAMMER RECOVERY BARS – USAGE INSTRUCTIONS
Use as a solid-food recovery fuel, a second meal after your immediate post-workout/race bottle of Recoverite, or as an occasional snack to bolster your daily protein intake.
Notes: Don’t confuse the Hammer Recovery Bar with other energy bars, many of which are loaded with refined sugar, saturated fats, and possibly other unhealthy ingredients. A quick look at the list of ingredients in the Hammer Recovery Bar will let you know that you’re consuming an ultra-healthy food that just happens to come in the convenience of a bar. After workouts or races, if solid food is desired, or when the use of Recoverite is not practical, the Hammer Recovery Bar is a superb post-workout/race food, providing high-quality carbohydrates and protein.
Ask Your Representative to Preserve Biking and Walking
On Thursday, February 2, we expect the House Transportation Committee to vote on the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, a bill that eliminates crucial funds for biking and walking. As a Member of the Committee, your representative is in a key position to save dedicated funding for biking and walking. Please contact them today and ask them to vote to preserve biking and walking. The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, the long awaited multi year Transportation bill, eliminates the two largest programs that fund biking and walking infrastructure—Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School. Without these programs, communities all over the country will lose resources to build the sidewalks, crosswalks, and bikeways that make biking and walking safe and accessible in your community. We can’t let that happen. That’s why we’re working to introduce an amendment that will preserve funding for biking and walking. During Thursday’s vote, your representative could be the key to making sure that this amendment passes in the Transportation Committee. Will you contact them today to ask that they vote to preserve funding for biking and walking in the transportation bill? Tell them:
Thank you for all that you do to keep bicycling and walking safe and accessible. |
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Windham World Cup – Race the World – NYSMTB/Root 66 Series
As part of the UCI World Cup Mountain Bike race festivities at Windham Mountain, they are pleased to present the third year of the XC, “Race the World” event. ”Race the World” will again be part of the New York State MTB Series and will also be part of the Root 66 Series.
All XC races will be on Sunday July 1, 2012. Please see www.racewindham.com for a detailed schedule and more information about the UCI races and other weekend festivities.
The Windham World Cup and “Race the World” events are being organized by the community and are not-for-profit; any net revenue will support community trails for public use.
Registration will entitle you to participate in all World Cup festivities at Windham Mountain including a Friday night Block Party with a 100m time-trial sprint (“Drag Race”) in front of the pub; live music on Saturday night (bands TBA); and a “Big Wheel” race down a steep, paved course (BYOBW). To encourage attendance, and unlike most international World Cup venues, there will be no fees charged to enter the venue or the consumer and tech expos. To help defray the tremendous organizing costs and to keep the World Cup in the US, a minimal fee for parking – $10 for an entire carload for one day, or $25 for three days – will be charged. Prize pay out is subject to registration enrollment.
Register on BikeReg here -> Windham World Cup – Race the World – NYSMTB/Root 66 series Online Registration.
Lippman Park 38 Race: Bring Your Lights!
The “Lippman Park 38″ race will be held on Saturday June 16, 2012. It is the 2nd of 4 races the Renegades MTB Club will be hosting this year. The other three races, Hike a Bike and Phantom Phest will be at Lippman Park in Wawarsing, NY, while the Walnut Mountain Triple Challenge will be held at Walnut Mountain in Liberty, NY.
The Lippman Park 38 is a 38 mile night race. Lights will be needed for the race. If you don’t own lights, they will have some for rent.
The course will be about 90% semi-technical, flowing single track. You can expect 38 miles at Lippman Park to take 5+ hours. Each laps will have about approximately 1000 feet of climbing. The number of laps is still undetermined but as the race gets closer, the Renegades Club will have an update on number of laps. They are trying to keep to as few laps as possible. The course will be ready for previewing the weekend before.
Onsite registration and check-in will begin at 4:30pm and the race will start promptly at 6pm. The registration fee the day of the event will be $30
This race is limited to the first 100 entries.
Awards will be given to the top three finishers in each age group and gender ONLY, with a grand prize awarded to the person who finishes closest to the middle of the pack. There will be no beginner, sport, expert or pro categories, only age groups.
Directions to Lippman Park:
- From NYS Thruway N and S - Take exit 18 New Paltz, follow 299 W thru NP about 6 miles. At the intersection of Rt 44/55 make a Right turn and go about 10 miles to the junction of Rt 209. Turn Left and go about 2.5 miles till you see the sign for Lippman Park on your Right.
- From Kingston, NY - Take Rt 209 S and go about 23 miles. Lippman park will be on your Right.
- From Rt 17 - Take Rt 209 N and go about 16 miles. Lippman Park will be on your Left.
Online registration via BikeReg can be found here -> Lippman Park 38 Race Online Registration.
NY/NJ Trail Conference Winter 2012 Meeting in NYC
Thursday, February 9: Annual Winter Meeting in New York City, at The Assembly Hall, Community Church of New York, 40 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Event is Free but advance registration is requested!
Click here to RSVP and make a donation or call the office at 201.512.9348 x26.
Schedule
Afternoon Hikes
#1: Mid-Manhattan Walk, meet at 3pm
Meet New York Hiking Club Leader Bob Ward and co-leader Victor Scelzo at 25 Street & Fifth Avenue, by the World War I Eternal Light Memorial at 3:00pm for a walk through Lower Mid-Manhattan. We will learn about the statues of Madison Square Park and some of the buildings around it as well as interesting facts about the area. One story tells how a courageous lady saved the American Revolutionary Army from defeat by simply stalling the pursuing British Army. This is a continuation of last year’s walk; it will end up at the Community Church in time for the Food, Drink, and Social hour.
Watch for additional hikes to be scheduled.
Afternoon Workshops
3:15-4:15 pm
Making Trail Maps
Learn how Trail Conference maps are created and how volunteers are involved.
4:20-5:30 pm
Van Cortlandt Park Trails
Friends of VCP’s Executive Director Christina Taylor will review the path that her organization has taken to improve the trails of Van Cortlandt Park in partnership with the Trail Conference and which can easily be replicated in other urban parks and forests.
Early Evening Activities
5:30-6:30 pm
Food, Drink, Social (Please RSVP!)
6:30 pm
Business Meeting
Chris Connolly, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trail Conference, will preside.
7:15 pm
Keynote Speaker: Alan Via
Author of The Catskill 67 – A Hiker’s Guide to
the Catskill 100 Highest Peaks under 3500’
Recently published by the Adirondack Mountain Club, The Catskill 67 – A Hiker’s Guide to the Catskill 100 Highest Peaks under 3500′ is an introduction for hikers and other mountain enthusiasts to the origin of the Catskill 100 highest list, and to a unique range of peaks largely unknown to the public.
Alan Via is one of a very small handful of hikers and bushwhackers to have completed both the Adirondack 100 and Catskill 100 peaks. He is a multiple-round, regular, and winter 46er and 35er, and Northeast 111 completer. Alan has led hikes for the ADK, AMC, 3500 Club, and Taconic Hiking Club for 35 years. He was Albany ADK’s Outings Chair for 14 years, main club committee chair for 24 years, and was named the Adirondack Mountain Club’s Distinguished Volunteer in 2006.
Deal Struck for Connection in New York – Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Just a few weeks ago, we posted a story to the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) TrailBlog about the imminient completion of the Dutchess Rail Trail in New York, one of the final acts in office of outgoing Dutchess County Executive William R. Steinhaus.
The completion of the Dutchess Rail Trail was set to draw attention once again to the possibility of connecting the Dutchess to the remarkable Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, and on to the Hudson Valley Rail Trail on the opposite side of the Hudson River.
Though the Dutchess is separated from the Walkway Over the Hudson by just one mile of disused rail corridor, the cost and complexity of negotiating a land deal with CSX Transportation Corp., which owns the disused corridor, had drained many supporters of any optimism that the link would happen.
Not Steinhaus, however.
“I believe there will be a meeting of the minds sometime next year that will finally allow for the acquisition of that final piece of property and the linkage between the [Dutchess Rail Trail] and the Walkway to become a reality,” Steinhaus told the Poughkeepsie Journal at the time.
They turned out to be words of great prophecy. Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., stood at a podium set up at the Walkway’s eastern gate to announce a deal had been struck to purchase the land from CSX for the creation of a rail-trail.
The announcement of a deal to purchase the relatively small section, in the city of Poughkeepsie near College Hill Park, makes real what has long been a dream of trails advocates, business people and residents – a complete trail system from Hopewell Junction to the town of Lloyd, taking in some of the region’s most scenic landscape and communities.
CSX has agreed to sell the eight-tenths of a mile stretch to Walkway Over the Hudson, a non-profit organization, for $1.15 million. The Dyson Foundation will provide $500,000, with $600,000 having been raised through recreational and environmental grants. CSX will donate $100,000 as a credit at closing. Preliminary work on the connection is expected to begin soon.
It is expected that the completed trail system will provide an enormous boost for tourism and economic development in the Poughkeepsie and Highland areas.
Since the Walkway opened in October 2009, it has drawn more than 1.2 million visitors and pumped more than $30 million into the local economy.
RTC’s own Karl Wirsing visited the area last year, and says the new connection will further enhance the great benefits of the existing trails, for visitors as well as locals.
“The view from the Walkway Over the Hudson really is spectacular, and the whole trail system there is a huge draw,” he says. “When the connection is complete, it will make for an incredibly scenic trail adventure. The river, the hamlets and towns, the scenary – it’s a wonderful place to explore. And all this within 70 or 80 miles of New York City.”
RTC offers its heartiest congratulations to all the community groups and individuals who have worked so hard over the years bringing this tremendous vision to fruition.
Photos courtesy of the Poughkeepsie Journal
