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Riding with the Saratoga Women’s MTB Collective
A few months ago I joined the Saratoga Women’s MTB collective, a group on facebook dedicated to ladies who ride. It’s founder, Cath, had recently moved to the capital region and couldn’t find a women’s riding group so she started her own. Now there are 60+ members! Cath organizes group rides (held the second Sunday of the month!) as well as bike maintenance clinics at Blue Sky Bicycles. Yesterday I went on my first group ride at KP Trails in Saratoga. At first, the ride was a bit out of my comfort zone as I’m not used to riding with unfamiliar people. However, everyone was very welcoming and friendly. It was…
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Winter Mountain Biking with No Snow
Luther Forest was one of the first places I ever went mountain biking with Jordan. (Technically, the first place I went mountain biking was at Winterbike in Vermont! But there was a lot of snow on the ground for that, so it’s a lot different.) Yesterday, we decided to go to Luther Forest to get in some riding before the snow hits and I can’t ride anymore. It was a bit chilly, but after riding for a bit we got warm. It still feels weird without snow, but it was kind of nice to not have to worry about it. We only went out for about an hour. Still good…
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Mountain Biking at Luther Forest
So Jordan is really into mountain biking and he even has a fat bike! The other night I joined him and his friend on a ride after work at Luther Forest in Malta. There are some nice trails here! They are single track and friendly to newbies like myself. {These photos are from early May, notice the lack of leaves on the trees!} I am borrowing a friend’s old mountain bike (a Specialized) to see if I actually enjoy mountain biking. Its official: we are running out of room in our tiny apartment because bikes are taking over. Anyway, I really liked riding the trails at Luther Forest! There is…