New Paltz, New York.

Sorry for all the  Snyder, but scenery is boring without people in the frame.

Fugitaboutit.

50 miles became 56.8, mostly because of some vague marking towards the end of the day, but who doesn’t want a few extra time to see the carriage pathways of Catskills. Fast, smooth, and scenic, today’s stage was only upstaged by how welcoming the folks were at the race.

Yesterday was spent the day riding 2011 Jamis road bikes, all DI2, of course…I’m ruined now. After the road ride and lunch at the local Thai place, we rode new top secret 2011 mountain bikes on one of the most fun rocky and rooty New England trails I’ve ever had the pleasure of hucking someone else’s bike on. Dozens of perfectly shaped rock launch ramps litter the trail network.

Sunday’s stage is supposed to have more proper trail, which will be nice to do less sight seeing and more hucking, though the d29′er isn’t quite as fun as the new XCTs.