6/20 Ride - Military Reserve

Kath and Cacia will be leading this Monday's ride through various trails at Military Reserve. Plan on meeting at the parking lot across from the dog park (Fort Boise Park) near the baseball field (nearest cross roads - Mountain Cove Rd and Reserve St) to be on the trail by 6:30.

It's forecasted to be 77 and sunny! Perfect day for a ride. Hope to see everyone there!

For more information on the Military Reserve area - see http://ridgetorivers.cityofboise.org/Trails/SelectAreaDescriptions/page30448.aspx .

6/13 Pictures - Redtail Ridge Loop

What a beautiful day it turned out to be. It made the after-ride cocktail that much better. Thanks to everyone who made it out! I have posted all of the pictures from this ride at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirt-Dolls/232662630082308?ref=hnav.

The crew: Kourtney, Kath, Jen, Hillary, Amy, Mandy, Tanya, Laura, Tesh, Sara

"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." John F. Kennedy

6/13 Ride - Redtail Ridge Loop

It should be 77 degrees and sunny this Monday so everyone needs to come out for a great ride.

We'll be riding a variation of the Redtail Ridge Loop. It is singletrack, not too technical, but definitely has some climbs to it (do-able for everyone). We will start on the trail by 7:00. Let me know if you can make it!

Directions: This ride is immediately north of Hidden Springs. Hidden Springs can be reached via Seaman's Gulch Road (the road to the Ada County landfill). Take Seaman's over the top of the foothills (it is like 4 miles or so), turn right on Dry Creek Road. Follow that a couple miles and you should see the Current Creek trailhead parking lot on the right. Hope to see everyone there.

New Items

Cacia has created a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirt-Dolls/232662630082308 which will be another way to check on rides, let us know if you're coming, or just keep updated in general. Thanks Cacia!

Also - we have created an email account specifically for letting people know about rides so next week you should start receiving the emails from "Dirt Dolls". :)

Bike Camp 2011 - Bend OR

Nine of us just got back from an awesome trip to Bend, OR for a women's mountain bike camp. The Trek Dirt Series travels the U.S. and Canada throughout the year to teach mountain biking skills to women at all levels. You break up into groups depending on your ability and learn a ton of fundamental skills and then go on a different ride each night. It is such a great experience! Their website is http://www.dirtseries.com/ for anyone interested in future camps. Hopefully we can convince them to come to Boise one of these years.

The crew (top to bottom): Kath, Mendy, Cacia, Amy, Tesh, Mou, Sara, Jessica, Angella

6/13 - Next Scheduled Bike Day

A few of us are heading to Bend OR this weekend through late Monday to participate in the Trek Dirt Series bike camp being held there (fun!). As most of us will be gone and the weather forecast is calling for rain next week, we will not be organizing an official ride and will plan on Monday, June 13th as our next ride.

If there happens to be a break in the weather next week and people are interested, we'll throw together an impromptu ride and post the location. :)

If not, I hope to see everyone out on the 13th. I will send more details on the trail/location as we get closer.

Have a wonderful weekend! For more information on the bike camp we're heading to, check out http://www.dirtseries.com/.

6/1 Pictures - Polecat

We have been super lucky lately with the weather on rides. No rain tonight and the conditions were great for tackling Polecat!

The crew: Tesh, Jessica, Cacia, Amy, Kath, BrittanyPre-ride general bike repair/maintenance... We're off...."Cookies and Wine....Cookies and Wine"The elusive Polecat Sandtrap! :)Cacia enjoying the view. Crazy crew. :)Brittany, Cacia, Tesh, Amy, Jessica, Kath - Fantastic ride!Cookies and wine to celebrate!