It’s time for our first Adventure Society meeting! We’ve all been planning and scheming and maybe you have as well, let’s get together and plan our first outing.

I know you have questions, and to be honest, in a perfect world the best adventures always have questions. The more questions the better the adventure.

  • Can you show up without a plan or an idea?
    Yes, please do.
  • Can you show up with an idea you came up with 10 minutes ago?
    Yes.
  • Can you show up with a wild idea that you have no idea how to pull off?
    Yes.
  • Can you show up with a full on tri-fold-poster-board-science-fair-presentation?
    Yes. Please and thank you.
  • Do we have any ideas we will be presenting?
    Yes.
  • If you pick my idea, and I can’t attend or participate in the ride is that OK?
    Yes.
  • Is it OK if my ride is a gravel or MTB or pavement or other kind of ride?
    Yes.

We’ll meet this coming Tuesday, March 3 at 5:30pm. We’ll have some seltzer and snacks for folks. This is a qualifying event for the our Adventure Society journals. Remember, after attending three events, you’ll get that cool book (pictured at the top) for free!

If you need a refresher on the details of this event, keep reading below, otherwise we’re super excited to see you next Tuesday or sooner!

We’re looking for rides that are unique in some nature. We’ve come up with a few categories below to give you an idea of what we’re thinking.

Categories of rides

  • Hidden Places – Places you know that are off the beaten track.
  • Favorite Rides – Rides you want to share (you may have ridden this a thousand times solo and now you want to share with others).
  • Amazing Places – A ride to, or from, or at a significantly unique location, like our Supergun Bike Packing Trip.
  • New Places – Places you’ve never been or the group has never been that you want to explore.
  • Field Trip – It’s February in Vermont. You want to ride your mountain bike.  Let’s go somewhere! Connecticut, Mass? Where to?
  • Not Up For Sale Rides – In the event we consider participating in an organized ride, like Ride the Ridges, that ride will only be considered if 100% of the dollars raised go directly to a Vermont nonprofit organization. All proceeds from the ride must be directed to the nonprofit. No portion of the funds raised may be used to pay, reimburse, or otherwise compensate any individual or business involved in organizing the ride.

If you are submitting or bringing an idea for a ride to the meet up, you should be sure to know some other details about the ride. We’ve come up with a few ways to help with the definitions below. The first to consider is what experience level would a rider need in order to participate:

Rider Experience Levels:

Casual riders are interested in:

  • Ride times of 1-3 hours and/or 10-30 miles
  • Rides with less than 100 ft. elevation gain per mile (average)
  • Rides with minimal to no challenging terrain (Class 4 or single track trail)

Enthusiastic riders are interested in:

  • Ride times of 2-6 hours and/or 20-60 miles
  • Rides with around 100 ft. elevation gain per mile (average)
  • Rides with 30 percent or less of the ride is Class 4 or single track

Determined riders are interested in rides that are:

  • Ride Time of 3+ hours 
  • Ride would elevation gain would have no limitations
  • Ride would have no limitations to challenging terrain

The routes for these rides will also be categorized based on the existing rides definitions used by Vermont Bicycle Club. That information can be found on this page.