PatrickGrehan said:

Good times with some great friends, great trails, and excellent food afterwards

I'm so glad we all bought our sunglasses

I'm currently on the train to Boston, and I'm already seeing the first red leaves of the year. Let's plan a new edition of this ride!

Weekend of Oct 19/20 or 26/27? It's very late in the game but there are a lot of cx weekends before then so the usual gravel suspects may be out of town.

Just FYI - Cooper River is on Oct 20 Really Rad on Oct 26/27

My plans are super on air at the moment, but of those days, Oct 20 is so far the one day that might not work for me.

The weekend of Oct 19/20 i'm going to be taking a little family weekend vacation to Woodstock. I hit up @JohnOlsson about riding with his Catskills Cycling Club on Saturday the 19th. Unfortunately a bit of a schlep if coming up just for the ride.

So any other weekend would work for me. 

I would join for October 26/27! will be out of town the weekend before. 

Sounds like Saturday Oct 26/27 might be the best weekend - put a temporary hold on your schedules!

So far we've got a few maybes...
Lennart
Dave Y
Grant
Blake
Eloy

I'd be in.  Prefer an earlier date for maximum foliage.

I’m in , will enjoy the bare branch ride 

I’m a maybe, depending on date 

Sadly Croton Cross is no more and weekend of Oct 5/6 has opened up with a preference for Sunday the 6th in case folks want to do state champs on Saturday.

Unfortunately, I am not likely to join. 

I likely won't be able to make it either that weekend.

Can't that weekend either

Would love to do it if I’m in town. (I’m not 10/26 weekend)

Looks like a no go for most - looks like we may stick with the Oct 26th weekend, sorry Bret.  

Works for me.  I'll just tape leaves to my bike to get the autumnual colors.

Not sure where to post this , but you owe it to yourself to watch the XC World Cup this weekend to remind yourself how amazing NY state is 

Mark Taylor said:

Not sure where to post this , but you owe it to yourself to watch the XC World Cup this weekend to remind yourself how amazing NY state is 

I watched the Lake Placid XC race instead of paying for flobikes for the road race and it was so worth it. 

I was out in Westchester this weekend and the foliage looks to be on the slow turn timeline. I heard some talk that it might be difficult for all the leaves to turn nicely this year if the temps stay moderately high, but it looks like the weather will offer some chill in the coming days. There are glimpses of fall, though!

 

Can confirm from the north.  Colors will likely be muted but the good times will be lit.

Note we did the ride mid-month last year and it was pretty spectacular

Okay folks, we're narrowed down to Sat Oct 26th or Sun Oct 27th. Any preferences between Sat or Sun?

FWIW, I'm not sure I can do Saturday (other aspects of life might be intruding), but I know I can't do Sunday.

Saturday is the preference for me for sure 

I assume we've settled on Saturday for this?

Saturday Oct 26th! Similar details as last year, but we can also start a bit earlier at 8am so we can get some more riding in!

Where to meet:
41 Springtown Rd, New Paltz, NY 12561
https://goo.gl/maps/ktVh8rXbfCBoKoSr5

The route:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3137226619035246810

How to get there:
Carpool

I assume Mountain Brauhaus afterward as well?

GregHoge said:

I assume Mountain Brauhaus afterward as well?

No , the Haitians have eaten all the rabbits 😂

Is there a Google sheet or signup for this yet re: carpool?