New Frontiers Night Ride Extravaganza

Mild weather and great trails after dark = lots-0-fun. Zach lead a few of us all over the sprawling New Frontiers estate last evening (Thursday, Jan 10) despite rapidly dimming lights that he forgot to recharge after Tuesday evening's Michaux ride.

Donna, Brett, Dick, and Zach were already meandering about when I rolled in, and Joel (Pa State Cyclo Champ) was prepping his bike. In the photo above, Joel ponders the absence of gears on his bike. Zach and I reminded him that he was actually riding a singlespeed. He just giggled and went back to humming the Spounge Bob Square Pants theme song.

The Weisers decided to head home after a short time as they were feeling the previous night's "workout". At least that is what the spunky couple is calling it these days! Dick left shortly after that. Sadly, I didn't get to hear an Angry Brett weekly rant. Maybe this Sunday?

In the photo to the right, Zach strikes a pose - one of many. Earlier, Zach had flipped over backwards attempting to ride a wheelie off the teeter-totter of death. He must have rung his bell slightly as he was convinced he was modelling for a bike magazine. He kept saying "get my good side, get my good side". We tried for over an hour and gave up when we determined he didn't have a good side. Zach did leave a butt-shaped crater in the dirt where he hit the ground after the ill fated wheelie attempt. It was more like a crater, so it might be there for a while if anyone wants to check out an impressionistic image of Zach's cheeks.

Zach, Joel and I rode about an hour and a half or so, and Zach ended up riding sandwiched between Joel and I to take advantage of our lights' output since his had died. A great time was had by all, and at the precise moment we got back to the cars and called it quits, rain began to fall, signalling a perfectly timed conclusion to a great ride.

For anyone looking for a break from the typically rocky and uber challenging Michaux terrain, New Frontiers offers a nice change of pace. There are a lot of fun trails packed into a relatively small area, and Zach is working on even more. The trails are singlespeed, cross, and runner friendly to boot. Hope to see more of you turn out in the future, you will have a good time - Zach guarantees it. Just don't let him demonstrate the teeter-totter of death.

Uncle Don