Mid-State: Burchfield

[TenSpeed]

That mosquito comment is no joke. I don't think spray would have made a difference this morning. Rolling on the trail, just walls of mosquitos and bugs hitting you. Don't leave your mouth open for a second or you will be coughing. Not sure I have ever experienced something like that before. Even the McNamara lot was bad. Unloading my bike and just getting swarmed by mosquitos.

Trial is still a bit muddy in some spots, but it is drying out. Lot's of new dumbed down shortcuts, one on Hansons that goes around the roots between two trees. C'mon, really?

[Mike 373]

Rode today. That was the most mosquito's I have ever experienced! No stopping or you are lunch. Flat out crazy!

[Matt 29er]

Plus 1 to the mosquito comments. I lost a pint of blood out there during the last ride. Sheer madness!

Thanks for the shout out Reid! I appriecate your commenting on our visit a few weeks ago. Your work on the new stunt on Hansons is artwork! Great job. I hope to see out out on the trail.

I enjoy the new section of trail. Thank you all for all the hard work and dedication. I love riding Burchfield

[reidabel]

Welcome, Matt! Glad you find the right forum. You probably already found it, but you will also find general discussion in the MMMBA part of "MMBA Member Organizations" one level above this. In there are many threads discussing more specific things for our local area trails, including Burchfield, Anderson Park, Rose Lake, Bennett Park, Ella Sharp, Sleepy Hollow, etc.

Some of those threads are even for individual stunts, including the new one on Hansen's:

http://www.mmba.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=118799

That thread includes much more detail about the stunt, if you're interested in seeing how it is being done. Work has stopped for the moment due to the mosquito density - I don't really want to be standing basically still for hours on end in a muddy area at Burchfield right now! I will be posting updates once I get going on it again.