You might think of us as just a urban bike shop but we just finished building up this Orange Five All mountain bike for Artie. We spend a lot of our spare time riding the trails and it is great to get to build up a nice mountain bike from time to time. If you ride Needham Town Forest expect to see this one out on the trails.
I love getting out of the city once or twice a week to hit up the local and not so local mountain biking trails. New England really has a lot to offer Mountain Bike riders if you know where to look and new friends have really been showing me some great places to ride recently. Middlesex Fells and Lynn Woods are probably the easiest places to get from the city, but Highland Mountain is only an hour and half trip up to New Hampshire and has arguably some of the best Downhill and Freeride trails in the Country. But what I have recently found out is that some of the greatest places to ride near Boston, you might have never heard of, places where local riders have hand cut and maintained trails with Mountain Biking in mind.
Today I visited a deceivingly small area of green space right outside the 95 loop, but this small section of forest houses over 10 miles of some of the most technical Mountain Bike trails you’ll ever find. Trails with names like McFly and Deloreon, I mean they are going to have to be good right? But one of the most surprising things about this area is what we came upon on one of the trails. Apparently an entire functioning model railroad was constructed in the middle of the woods. I can only imagine the amount of time the man who built this must have put into it, the tressels alone look like they would take years to construct. Apparently he has been spotted hanging out with his wife, running the train and sipping mixed drinks. I sat in awe of this creation that only a Mountain Bike would have brought me to, and look forward to other great places my bike will take me to in the future.
I have been hitting up Highland Mountain in New Hampshire the past couple weekends. I am falling in love with Downhill riding. If you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend it. What is amazing is that even though you take a lift to the top and just ride down, you still get an amazing workout, and one that works completely different muscles than from riding any other bike. Highland has trails from beginner to pro, and rents race level rigs if you don’t own one. I would recommend this because being on the right bike makes a huge difference.
I’ll try to get some action shots next time
