Entries from April 2008

April 27, 2008

Rain rain go away.

While I was off to Decorah for the TT, Ron spent his Sunday repairing bridges. The word from the trail is wet, wet, wet! The ground is just too saturated to drain properly I guess. With more rain in the forecast for later this week lets hope we don’t see any precipitation [...]

April 20, 2008

The unsung heroes.

This is the little mower that could.
Found by a curb on garbage day 6 years ago this spring, this little mower is one of the unsung heroes of Seven Oaks. We’ve never done an ounce of maintenance on this gem and it’s never failed to start. Insert gas, prime and start. [...]

April 20, 2008

Still too wet to ride but just right for a hike.

Sorry to all about the cancleation of Saterdays festivites. Mother nature decided it wasen’t in the cards I guess. Most of the dates are full till sometime in July so were concedring rescheudling the races for a Friday night. Let me know what you all think.
On a happier note the trails are [...]

April 18, 2008

Now is the time to let the rain scare you.

I hate canceling races!  But I hate riding in mud more and I’m sure you all feel the same way.  So, were going to postpone this weekends race till a date later this spring or early summer.  I didn’t want to give up till i saw the trail with my own eyes and after the [...]

April 17, 2008

Don’t let todays rain scare you.

Don’t let todays rain scare you.  I think we’ll still be OK for Saturdays race.   The storms see to be taking a southeasterly route.  If the rain hold off for most off Friday and we get a little wind you may find the course in perfect racing condition.  I’ll be at the course most of [...]

April 11, 2008

I think we’ve got room for one more race this year.

One more race coulden’t hurt. How about a downhill? Saturday June 21 at noon we will be holding a downhill. And you guessed it, this downhill will be all single track! Utilizing the longest section of negative incline we have, times should be in the minuet and a half range. It’s [...]