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February, 2009
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MMF Trail Closed due to weather... |
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Latest News
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Written by Chris Norris
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
 | Effective Wednesday March 3, 2010:
The mountain bike trail at Mitchell Memorial Forest is closed due to wet weather which has made conditions unsuitable for riding or hiking. These conditions will be monitored by Todd Palmeter from Hamilton County Park District and Jon Walters from CORA. The trail will be opened once riding conditions are determined to be acceptable. | |
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2010 CORA Racing Series... |
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Written by Chris Norris
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
 | It's that time of year again, racing season is quickly approaching. For the second year in a row, the CORA Series will be in full swing with some added goodies! 5-7 race stops, pay dirt points, and the the new CORA Kids racing series! Dates and additional details will be arriving shortly. Please stay posted for updates! See you on the trails... | |
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Latest News
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Written by Chris Norris
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
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March 13th, 2010 - 7:30 am Devou Park
Plan to meet at the ball field near the main trailhead. March 20th, 2010 - 9:00am Harbin Park
Plan to meet at the Trail Kiosk at the main parking lot with tools! |
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Winter Riding Reminder... |
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Written by Chris Norris
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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.
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Caesar Creek
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East Fork
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Harbin Park
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Mitchell Memorial
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