RI NEMBA

5:30, meet for a ride at the White Church on rt 165 and the intersection of Hollow Rd, Hope Valley

directions:
Rt. 95 N/S to Exit 5A (Rt. 102S)
Right on Rt. 3 South
Right on Rt 165 (at blinking light- corner with Little Country Pizza)
White Church on right (north) about 3 miles.

Meeting following, 7:30 at Matt’s Schulde’s house. Free pizza & beer.
PLEASE RSVP gengler.peter@gmail.com
directions to Matt’s

Rt. 95 N/S to Exit 5A (Rt. 102S)
Right on Rt. 3 South
Right on Rt 165 (at blinking light- corner with Little Country Pizza)
5 miles down the road (or 3 miles if you’re at the Church ) (go over Mt. Tom), take a right on Escoheag Hill Rd. Second house on LEFT.

Matt’s home # is: 491-9186

Hello Gang,

Don’t let the doom and gloom of this recent weather bring you down. Instead bring your bike down to ARCADIA for the first ride of RINEMBA summer ride series.

WHO: RINEMBA

WHAT: Arcadia summer ride series. These are group rides ranging from beginner to advanced. Each group to have a ride leader familiar with Arcadia trails and terrain.

WHEN: 9:00am Sunday 6/28/09 (rain or shine)

WHERE: ARCADIA (Browning Mill parking area….this may change for future rides) See link to google maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Browning+Mill+Pond,+Exeter,+RI&sll=41.566913,-71.685705&sspn=0.032622,0.054932&ie=UTF8&ll=41.56505,-71.679096&spn=0.032623,0.054932&z=14&iwloc=A

NOTES:
1.) I am looking for volunteers to help lead these rides. If you would like to volunteer please email me in advance. This will help organize the various groups first thing Sunday morning.

2.) For all you racers: I know there is a Root 66 race this Sunday, which will make it the 3rd or 4th mud infested race of the season. If you are not going to attend the race…come down for a solid tour of Arcadia.

Hope to see you all there!
jeff

Jim and I packed up the truck and headed to Big River for a ride with some kids from the Met School (in Providence). Jeremy, Carlos, Matt and Mike (the teacher) met us at Big River. After getting them sized up to the bikes and helmets Jim gave them a quick run down of the basics and off we all went.. It was a little slick from the rain, but the boyz were dealing pretty well.. After they got used to shifting we tried going over some logs and they seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly.. We had a few crashes and Matt received the ultimate chain ring mark on his calf (we’ve all been there). We rode for about 2 hours and it seemed like they enjoyed themselves and hopefully we will get them out there again with us soon..

Special thanks go to RI Nemba for donations through the last two fun rides plus proceeds from the King of Burlingame time trail. That initial $1,700. bought (at cost) some Merlin Bikes and some helmets to start the program.

For more information or possible donations to Good Vibes Youth Rides of bikes & equipment contact Jim & Sarah at rimud@cox.net.

sarah & jim grimley

First, and most importantly, first ever, we got permission to do a fun ride in Big River. Since asking for the permit we moved it out a week now due to a conflict with the Flattest Century of the East (a NBW event) and Franks Ride. Mark this date….Sunday September 20th.

The event will be staged out of the 95/ exit 7 Park & Ride and include a 8 - 18 - 24 mile arrowed loops.

Tour Du Big River

……… huge thanks goes out to all those folks over the last six or more years that have put the effort into showing up for the Big River Cleanup and worked with the West Greenwich Conservation Commission. Its that community spirt that in the end makes the difference. Also key is the new director of the WRB; Kenneth Burke and the project engineer many of you have meet at pervious cleanups; Romeo Mendes.

best wishes
huffin & puffin pete

Great day in Burlingame. Three bridges done! All of it with recycled decking. A special thanks goes out to ERIK SAYRE, COLBY GRAVES, AND TOM ALAIRE for supplying the lumber for this entire project. In all, the lumber donated totalled over $1000.

27 volunteers, Great turnout. With great prep work from Lennon, Eric and Tom on Friday we got three bridges installed with about 110 volunteer hours!!! Nice work!!!

Coordinator:
Lennon Schroeder

Crew Chiefs
Mike Galoob, Mike Oster, Tom Pearson

Alfonzo Cardenas, Alex Jaques, Al Moder, Jon Fleck, Wayne & Dan Asselin, David Criscione, Ted & Hannah Michalakes, Nancy Hughes, Tim Haitz, Jeff Haitz, Jim Gwizlea, Art Hany, Jeff Maite, Alan Winsor, Tom Grucza, Eric Sayre & son, Aaron Rome, Cliff Wyland, Jeff & son, Anthony Mastro, Marc Lewis, Matt Schulde, Mike Galoob, Mike Oster and Peter Gengler (sorry if I missed somebody!). We built over 100 feet of bridges on three of the messiest sections of Burlingame.

huffin & puffin pete

PS: if I missed someone or miss-spelled a name, give me a heads up.
gengler.peter@gmail.com