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Election Time!
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Written by Chris Norris   
Tuesday, 22 December 2009

It's that time of year again...election time for CORA. Come join CORA at the January 17th meeting, starting at 6:30 pm at the Dingle House in West Chester. 5 Board of Directors will be elected and then officers will be appointed. Here are the officer position available: -President -Treasurer -Membership Coordinator -Events Coordinator -Secretary -OMBA Board Rep -NMBP Director -Web Master -Trail Steward Hope to see you all there!

 
The Good Dirt - December 2009
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Written by Chris Norris   
Friday, 11 December 2009

From the executive desk of Mr. Chad "Devou Park" Irey... 

"Greetings all!! December is a great time to enjoy the outdoors. Frost coated mornings are plentiful. The trees are hibernating, and so is the blasted honeysuckle, therefore it is the perfect time of year to build some sweet trails. Building sweet trails in the winter makes summer time riding that much more enjoyable. It is cold outside, however, swinging a rhino and clearing all that blasted honeysuckle will keep the core temperature up. We have our monthly Devou trail building session this Saturday, December 12th. We will be cutting in the new trail on section 5. The pin flags are set and some of the corridor is cleared. This section has three large swooping S turns. Not switch back S turns like you will find on the Incinerator Climb Trail, but super G railing across the forest floor S turns. This section is very open and somewhat bowled. A perfect area to let it roll!! We will be building rain, snow, or shine. If it is too wet to dig, we will continue clearing corridor. Hopefully the ground will be stiff enough to get the on the Official Devou test Bike and dial in the large radii...

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Winter Riding Reminder...
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Written by Chris Norris   
Thursday, 10 December 2009
 From our friends over at "The Hoosier Mountain Bicycling Association"....

When soil freezes all the moisture turns to ice crystals between the particles of the soil and in clay or loam soil they are tightly packed together. As the moisture freezes the crystals expand and tear the clay apart shattering it, then as it thaws the soil become more porous and allows more moisture in. This is repeated with every successive thaw.

In Indiana (and Ohio) we can get as many as 100 freeze thaw cycles in a season.

So, please be very careful when trying to ride the trails in the winter. The best time to ride is when the trail is frozen solid. On days when the temperature goes below freezing at night, the worst thing we can do is wait for the sun to come out and warm up the trail before riding. The trails can be very soft even if it hasn’t rained recently. Even if the temperature stays below freezing South facing trails can defrost in sunlight and turn to mush.

If you are leaving ruts in the trail where you have ridden please leave the trail. The ruts will allow even more water to remain on the trail and make it even worse. If people see you riding they will want to ride too, so very soon the trail reaches a point of meltdown. 
 
 
CORA on the radio!
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Written by Chris Norris   
Thursday, 20 August 2009

Recently, Chris Norris (CORA Web Master and Board Member) was interviewed by WNKU Northern Kentucky University NPR Radio station about the Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance and it's work within the parks of the Tri-State.  Click the following link to hear the results! 

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Disciples of Dirt
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Written by Chris Norris   
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
 Recently CORA member, Matt Cunningham sat down with some folks at the Harbin Park Time Trials to discuss CORA's involvement with the Tri-State mountain biking scene.  Click here to read the article from 'Soapbox Media'!
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