Join us for "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day" October 3rd

Come Join BAADR Mountain Bike Club of Tampa Bay, Trips for Kids Tampa, and the Wilderness Trails Association for the IMBA's 6th annual "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day" event at Morris Bridge Park in East Tampa! We will be offering a 20 minute "Basic Training Class" for new riders, guided rides for all skill levels, prizes and drawings, and cooking a great BBQ lunch for all!

bring your friends and family out for a good time and a great ride! We will be accepting donations for Trips for Kids Tampa at this event.

When: October 3rd 2009 at 9am to 2pm

Where: Morris Bridge Park in east Tampa ( 13330 Morris Bridge Rd)

What to Bring: Bike, Helmet, Family!

Spencer and I at Santos on Labor Day!

Spencer and I met a few people at Santos for a Labor Day ride around the Vortex Red trail! Here are a few pictures. We rode Vortex Red, Twister, Dr Ruth, Marshmallow, pine tree, puppy loop, and Sink Hole. 14 miles and I burned 3000 calories and drained my 100 oz camelbak! Thats Gregg Irving in the last picture with Spencer, he led us around the Vortex Red trail!

BAADR Monthly Family Ride This Saturday Sep 12th, 9am!

We will be having our Monthly Family ride this month back on the normal day of the 2nd Saturday of the month. We have also decided to move the location down the road 3 miles to "Morris Bridge Park" site due to better access to those trails (no road crossing involved) and the site is more secluded and we can be by ourselves a little more. We will be having a class once again for those new people who want to take it.

This will also be the site of the "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day" event we will be holding on October 3rd. That event will take the place of our "Family Ride" for October.

Watch for "Trips for Kids Tampa" on Fox 13 News Tonight!

Tonight on the 6pm newscast, Trips for Kids Tampa will be featured in Kelly Ring's "Whats Right with Tampa Bay" section! I hope it shows up on their website soon after so I can send it around to every one!

We will also be shooting a story with Bay News 9 this Thursday around 10:30am at Trout Creek.

Getting Ready for Trips for Kids Tampa 1st Official Ride!

Well, after months of planning and getting things all set-up, Chris and I are ready to have the 1st Official "Trips for Kids Tampa" ride! We are going to incorporate it into our BAADR Family ride at 1st just to make it easier for the new volunteers and the kids. We have been working on getting the word out there that we need volunteers and donations so we can get a few more bikes and equipment to meet demand we already have.

We also have a few fundraiser ideas we are working on. I will be starting a "Trips for Kids Tampa" blog to keep everyone up to speed on whats going.

We are also registered with IMBA to have a "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day" on October 3rd and we hope to be working with SWAMP and local bike shops on this event. I plan on making this a larger event that can help promote BAADR and Trips for Kids Tampa and the sport of Mountain Biking in the area. If all goes well we can make this an annual event.

More information to follow soon!

Trips For Kids Tampa Test Ride 7/29

Chris and I were supposed to meet a reporter from channel 10 news for a story on Trips for Kids and we brought some kids to get video footage. She had to cancel due to a heavy news day. Since we had all the equipment and 8 kids in tow, we decided to take a test run of the program. We were all pleased with the results, especially the kids!

Of The 5 boys Chris brought, only one or 2 had ever ridden off-road before. The ones who had not really enjoyed themselves and all of them said they could not wait to do it again! Spencer and I brought his friend Dustin who had never ridden a 26' bike, or a bike with gears and never been off-road. He struggled a little in places, but overall he had a great time as well. We took the all to Cici's Pizza for lunch after and they could not stop talking about how much fun the had!

Trail Work Day at Croom was HOT!

Me and Shawn met up the SWAMP club for a ride and trim at Croom today and it was Hot.. I don't know what the temperature was, but swinging the machete and riding after made me feel like i was going to pass out. When I got home my shoes were so wet from sweat they felt like I went swimming in them. I left them out in the sun to dry for 3 hours!

Although it was hot, the trails are in really good shape up there right now. if you have a chance, you really need to ride up there before the sand comes back.