- Riders: OMMB
- Distance: 9.4 miles
- Temp: 77- Weather: clear
- Trail Conditions: dry, rooty, rocky (typical New England)
- Technical Level: some challenging climbs, intermediate
Notes: So I found this cool map of the NEMBA 2010 Fun Ride on the NEMBA Arcadia site. Been wanting to get back there, so I chose the nice little 6 mile pink trail...I like pink, I like riding 6. I headed there after work, the trailhead is a real nice spot with picnic tables and fire pits next to the pond. Off I went. The early sections of the trail map were difficult to follow (what? me? trouble following maps?)...didn't really match the trail turns in an obvious fashion. Regardless, I made my way to the meat of the single track which was awesome (upper section), but I felt really dogged for such a short ride. Hmmm...my GPS odometer, which is notoriously short, was indicating 7+ miles already. Something's wrong. I bailed out after the last section of single track...turns out my track indicated 9.39 miles.
So I emailed the NEMBA VP for Arcadia....
OMMB: "I used your map (attached) from the 2010 Fun Ride to ride the pink 6 mile loop. I got 9.3+ miles logged on GPS and bailed before I even hit the last single track. Was there a mistake on your map? Should the 6 mile actually say 9 mile?"
NEMBA rep: "I arrowed the loop and marked the map but I didn't put the mileage on the map on the web. But the loop you rode is 9ish. The loop marked 9 miles is really about 5.5 and the outer loop is 6 miles."
OMMB is thinking: "So how did I download a map clearly marked with mileage if Mr. NEMBA didn't post it?"
OMMB thinks: "NEMBA’s trying to kill me!!"
Anyway...great loop. Looking forward to trying the other "6 mile" loops to see what I get!
Happy Trails,
OMMB
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