Case Mt , Ct

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SO Berkshire_rider and my Self took a Trip down to the Hartford area, to meet up with IAB and MMcG to ride case Mt.

meet up and away we went.

Berkshire_rider and IAB , Warming up on the long uphill you start on.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case01.jpg

IAB quickly would start into hucking , ( must start off his first ride of the year in style)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case02.jpg

and every time we seamed to come to a Stop MMcG had to Pee!!!
I guess he was well hydrated .

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case03.jpg


IAB up a stumpy /rock combo

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case04.jpg

MMcG crossing a stream

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case05.jpg

IAB off a small Ladder

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case06.jpg

Berkshire_rider following

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case07.jpg

IAB anotehr ladder

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case08.jpg

MMcG rolling

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case09.jpg

IAB hucking , and he rear wheel Just barely cleared that rack

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case10.jpg

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Berkshire_rider up and across

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case11.jpg

MMcG through another creek

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case12.jpg

IAB down a Tricky roller

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case14.jpg

then the Bikerag.com group would catch up with us.

GI Jane

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case15.jpg

Jisch

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case16.jpg

then we would have our first mechenical , IAB broke a Pedal, he was only able to use one side of his pedal for the rest of the ride .

the Bikerag group

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case17.jpg

we would folow them for a Bit , butthen we went over to the fern Trail

MMcG crossing another small creek

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case18.jpg

Me with a really bad idea!!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case19.jpg


The 2nd ( and last ) mechanical we would have , Berkshire_rider got a Flat

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case20.jpg

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JRA

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case21.jpg

IAB crossing a Bridge , the wuss wouldn't ride it ! ( but then again niether would I , real high price for failure. )

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case22.jpg

IAB having wide bars made it intersting

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case23.jpg

and after the ride IAB gave us an impromtu Tour of Hartford ( WTF ??? ) on our way for food!

but this made it worth it !

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case24.jpg

followed by This !!!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/case/08/case25.jpg


Good trails , good Pepes and a fun time !! great day !

[JBH]

Nice pics. I'd like to get over that way this summer and check it out.

[chqm8]

Very sweet. I'd like to check those trails out myself some weekend.

Any organized group rides coming up?

[skunkty14]

Very sweet. I'd like to check those trails out myself some weekend.

Any organized group rides coming up?

So would I, never ridden in CT and seen some great photos from various spots.

I'd also try checking out Bikerag, rides pop up on their forum from time to time.

[Jisch]

'twas a nice day yesterday - great to see you guys out there.

I can lead a ride there, let's set up a date here soon.

John

[TheHare]

My son was looking/reading along with me and the bacon burger pic got the biggest reaction. "Mmmmmmm" :D

[Jisch]

Here's my pics from Sat's ride:

From the post it looked to be a smallish Case ride, 3 maybe four riders. The weather was beautiful, no doubt that proved to be too much for many a lurker as we started out with 9 or 10 riders. I'd list out who was there, but I'd surely miss someone. The rules for the day were relatively slow pace, limited sessioning on the stunts. I think we were successful on both counts...

I can't say it was a great day for me riding, but I managed to get a few good pictures...

After looking at these pictures I realize that a "save" looks better than a solid run. A couple of saves:

HH
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/Jisch/DSC06023.jpg

4bangin
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/Jisch/DSC06039.jpg

Jerry's Kids? (sorry - I'm bad with names)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/Jisch/DSC06034.jpg

Artsy Fartsy OBD on his new rig:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/Jisch/DSC06030.jpg

Ibid HH (but not a new rig):
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/Jisch/DSC06025.jpg

Playing on the rocks while OBD straightens things out:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/Jisch/DSC06043.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/Jisch/DSC06044.jpg

All in all a good way to spend a couple of hours on a warmish early spring morning!
John

[MMcG]

If anyone wants to ride Case, Jisch is a great guy to contact, and I could help to try and not get us too lost out there too.

IT was a kickass day to be out riding that's for sure!