Rides & Trailwork

The weather cooperated and produced a great weekend for riding and trailwork. Last month's trailwork prepared the FDLT to shed the water so that Saturday's ride was perfect! There was no standing water and just a few muddy spots. Ten riders showed up and had a ball doing the FDLT and the full Connector Trails.

Then on Sunday, Auburn Bike Works sponsored our monthly trailwork on the Olmstead Loop to prepare for the Cool Race next weekend. Over twenty people showed up to cut star thistle and fix drainage issues. If we get a week of sunshine, the course will be in perfect conditions. Stop by the shop and say, "Thank You," to Lisa and her crew for sponsoring the trailwork and the race.

Come out for our next trailwork so that you can share in that pride of ownership that comes with sweat equity in our trails.

 If you were scared off by the rain clouds, you missed a great ride! Around 50 brave souls showed up for our monthly club ride on the Foresthill Divide Loop Trail on Saturday. The third Saturday of every month we have a standing ride that breaks into ability groups so that everyone gets to ride with people of their own speed and fitness level. We had a strong group led by Jim and Cathy who went first, then Franke, Bobbie and Nate lead a large (30+) group of intermediates and Phred led 13 in the last group. Everyone came back glowing about perfect trail conditions (we had done a trailwork just the week before). I had chili, chips and cheese waiting for them with cold sodas. Everyone had a great time and then had to scramble home when the rain finally started falling.  The timing was perfect. Join us next month on the third Saturday for our Try the Divide Ride.

FATRAC 's annual bike tour of the tasting rooms of Dry Creek Valley and mountain bike campout weekend will be happening the weekend of May 7-9 this year. The date printed in FATRAC 's winter newsletter is incorrect.

Join FATRAC, BONC, MBOSC, ROMP, and other Northern California mountain bike clubs for our annual Tahoe multi club campout, which will include rides, a half day of trailwork, movie night, a raffle, and hanging out with other mountain bikers from all over Northern California.

This year the campout is happening on the weekend of August 13th -15th.

We'll be staying at Zephyr Cove campground on the east side of Lake Tahoe. This is a walk in camground, so your car may be a few hundred feet from where we will camp.

FATRAC volunteers do a lot to maintain the trails that we all enjoy. Please do not ride on the local trails this weekend.  FATRAC is cancelling our ride scheduled for Cronan Ranch on Saturday, 2/6, because of the rain.  The rain in the past couple of days has saturated the ground and more rain is expected on Saturday. If you go play in the mud tomorrow you will do damage that will cost our volunteers hours to repair. Give the trails time to absorb the water and dry out a little. If you are leaving furrows in the trailbed, you are doing harm.