July Update- Trail Day, Ride Day and more!

We have a few things happening this summer we need to up date everyone on!

  • July 22nd – Blacklock Point Group Ride
    • Meet, ready to ride at 10am at Blacklock Point Trail-head at the end of Airport Road off Highway 101 between Port Orford and Bandon. (Directly across from Pacific High School.
    • All-level-no-drop ride, please come prepared with your mountain bike, trail repair tools, water, snack, and helmets.
    • Erin will lead a little kids ride departing just after the big kids (adults).
    • Bring post-ride refreshments if you like.
    • Dress appropriately for the weather.
  • July 25th – North Region Work Party (6:30-8:30pm)
    • Instead of our normal WRCMBA North Region meeting at Foley’s we will have a trail volunteer day/work party at the new trail system in the Coos County Forest.
    • Meet at 6:30pm ready to work.
    • Please wear sturdy shoes, bring work gloves, and dress appropriately.
    • Please bring hand tools like rakes, flat shovels, and loppers. The tool trailer may or may not be available for us to use.
    • Bring your bike if you’d like to “flow test” the new completed sections.
    • Directions: from Highway 101, take West Beaver Hill Road. Make your first Left onto the paved Humphrey’s Rd/Whiskey Run. Parking will be about a mile on the right in the dirt clearing.

BIKE RAFFLE AND FUNDRAISER!

WRCMBA is raffling off not one, but TWO bikes this year! We have an adult Trek Marlin 6 and a kids Trek Precaliber 24 up for grabs. All proceeds will directly benefit our community on the Wild Rivers Coast by promoting, developing, and maintaining sustainable mountain biking trails for all families and riders here on the coast.

ADULT TIX: $2 each; 3 for $5, or 20 for $15

KIDS TIX: $1 each; 6 for $5

Tickets can be bought from any WRCMBA board member or at the following locations: Back Country Bikes in Crescent City, Coastal Heating and Semi Aquatic in Brookings, Sunset Pizza in Gold Beach, South Coast Tours in Port Orford, Floras Creek Coffee Company in Langlois, and South Coast Bicycles in Bandon.

Raffle will be held during our Joe Martin Memorial Ride and Community Potluck on September 23rd!!

 

Trail Maintenance Day a Success!

Big thanks to all the volunteers and community members that came out to our first official Trail Volunteer Day and Training! We got to use our new tools (and awesome yellow buckets) to help improve drainage and design on a trail at Buffington Park in Gold Beach. We lucked out with great weather, got the grill firing, and unveiled our shiny new tool trailer! We look forward to helping out the surrounding communities more this summer.

Know a trail that needs some maintenance?  Drop us a line at info@wrcmba.com and let us help.

Illinois River Trail Rider Report

Hi All! Just wanted to share a great update from a fellow rider regarding the Illinois River Trail. So if anyone is thinking of riding there in the next few weeks, this is a great report. I’ll just copy and paste his report.

I recently rode the Illinois river trail #1161 from Oakflat to Indigo Creek.
The 3 miles to Buzzards Roost had several downed trees and a few root wads.
Most were easy to lift over and a few took some effort.
The 2 miles from Buzzards to Indigo Creek bridge had less downed trees to deal with but lots of annoying brush over hanging the trail that slowed progress.
The entrance to the Indigo Creek bridge had a small brushy root wad that took some effort to get around and could easily be cleaned up with a power saw.
My goal was to get to Frantz Ranch another 1-1/2  beyond the Indigo Creek but a downed tree just after the bridge looked like too much work to negotiate so I turned around.
What an incredible trail we get to ride with the views.
In retrospect it was not smart to ride the trail solo because of the exposure and the brush wanting to push you off.
I found myself riding with the seat post low to better catch myself if needed.
I look forward to riding this trail with other riders and less obstructions.
Herman
Coquille