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Bruce & Tom's Current News
General Updates - 2008
Tompson St. Res. / B & T's Update 05.04.08
It was a beautiful day this past Sunday
and the second Tompson Street Reservation trail project was completed with
great success. This trail project was a combined effort by
Dieselbikes, Sinister Bikes and NSNEMBA with approval by Essex County
Greenbelt Land Managers. The general scope of this project was to cut
a new trail to eliminate an existing section that had become severely
eroded.
The new trail utilized a few old existing
trail sections that became over grown in the past decade. An estimated 0.25
miles of trail was added to the existing system. This new trail
utilizes many natural terrain features and has tons of flow in both
directions. We ask the bike community to get out and ride this trail
to begin the natural packing of the trail thread. We will be out in
the spring making any adjustments if required.
I want to extend my personal thanks to
each individual (listed below) that helped complete this project.
Again, this was a combined effort with Sinister Bikes and NSNEMBA. We
at Dieselbikes look forward working with these organizations again in future
trail builds and/or maintenance projects.
Ann Archer,
Paul Losordo,
Frank DiBenedetto,
Kirk Goldsworthy,
Tom Murphy,
Frank Lane,
Steve Charrette,
Dan Streeter,
Bruce Linehan,
Kate Walton,
Carole Powers,
Pete Slabysz,
Andy Lindsay,
Jan Lindsay
Tompson St. Res. / B & T's Update
10.08.2008
Regardless of the heavy rain, the first
Tompson Street Reservation trail project was complete with great success.
This trail project was a combined effort by Dieselbikes, NSNEMBA and
Sinister Bikes with approval by Essex County Greenbelt Land Managers.
The general scope of this project was to re-route an existing trail to more
stable ground and add some "fun" natural technical features. This new
trail sections was rather a fun build with the exception of the persistent
rain and it was great to work with a bunch of new faces.
The trail features a number of natural
technical challenges including a 15-foot log ride, rock gardens and a rock
chute that is sure to keep you behind the seat. Tons of rock armoring,
bench cutting and love went into this trail for all to enjoy. As
usually, we ask that you get on your bike and hit this trail when you can to
help begin packing the trail thread.
I want to extend my personal thanks to
each individual (listed below) that helped complete this project.
Again, this was a combined effort with NSNEMBA and Sinister Bikes and we at
Dieselbikes look forward working with these organizations again in future
trail builds and/or maintenance projects.
Pete Slabysz,
Steve Riesinger,
Nathaniel Williams,
Frank Lane,
Steve Charrette,
Fred White,
Lee Hollenbeck,
James Vogh,
Scott Merloni,
Kirk Goldsworthy,
Dan Streeter,
Bruce Linehan,
Frank DiBenedetto
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