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Blue Hills Mountain Bike Day 2004

Presented by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation,

TrailWatch, and NEMBA

Mountain Bikers Go for a Ride

About 600 People participate in Blue Hills Event. 

Read more from the Patriot Ledger newspaper article...

Also read the article from SingleTracks #75, Stellar Blue Hills MTB Day

 

Blue Hills MTB Day is all about getting kids

and their families out on bikes to enjoy

the outdoors. What better way to celebrate

Father's Day! Photo by Philip Keyes

A perennial favorite, the Bike Limbo has even

spurned the construction of limbo-specific

bikes to enter the "modified" limbo class!

Photo by John Goeller

With the prevalence of video games and TV,

it's nice to see kids out on the trail getting

some healthy exercise. Photo by John Goeller

Southeast Mass NEMBA provided many of the volunteers

to put on the event, but it was the Blue Hills DCR

staff which worked tirelessly to make this

event happen. Photo by Philip Keyes

Bill Piotte, NEMBA Skills Guru, created a full blown skills

course for riders of all ages to learn to ride

obstacles. Photo by John Goeller

Kids worked their way up to meet the challlenges.

Photo by Bill Piotte

TrailWatch's Steve Cobble showing

some Bike Limbo style. Photo by John Goeller

Even training wheels couldn't stop kids

from having lots of fun. Photo by Bill Piotte

Wheelworks was one of the events many sponsors.

  Photo by Philip Keyes

 

 

 

 

Skinny, skinnier, skinniest: young and old could

improve their skills in a safe environment.

Photo by John Goeller

Thanks to TrailWatch for their many hours of

volunteerism to make the Blue Hills a wonderful park.

Photo by Philip Keyes

John Goeller and daughter share a day together.

Photo by Philip Keyes

The New England Mountain Bike Patrol

Photo by Philip Keyes

Even TrailWatch and NEMBA's Bill Boles couldn't

resist the skills course. Photo by John Goeller

Alternative Needs Transportation was on hand

to show off their beautifully functional bikes

Photo by Philip Keyes

A TrailWatch led ride. Photo by Philip Keyes

The skills course offered three levels of drops.

Learn to drop easy, then go large! Photo by Bill Piotte

Watch out for that..... BAR! Photo by John Goeller

 

 

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We thank all the sponsors that made this event possible:

A.N.T. Bikes
Anderson Bicycle
Back Bay Bicycles
Wheelworks
Bicycle Link
Bike Barn
Bike Express
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Dave's Bike Infirmary
Dirt Rag Magazine
Eastern Mountain Sports
Fallon Ambulance
Independent Fabrications
International Bicycle
Java Jo's Coffee House
Kryptonite
Landry's Bicycles

New England MTB Patrol
Paramount Bicycle
Pedro's
REI
SEMASS NEMBA
Serious Cycles
Seven Cycles
Shaw's Supermarkets
SporTobin Clothing
Stop and Shop
Ted Wojcik Bicycles
Village Cycles

Read about the 2003 Blue Hills MTB Day event and see some more nice pictures