ben - i'm a new member, native ann arborite and fixed gear addict - have an 80s track bike i wouldn't dare take into the arb (as we call it) but love to ride around town and especially along huron river drive. you will need to familiarize yourself with huron river drive as soon as possible. as a gainfully employed adult family man i have less time than i would like to ride, and even less time to tinker with bikes, but if we can hook up for a blast out to dexter on our fixies that would be great. i'n s-l-o-w-l-y converting my ancient french road bike into a fixed for commuting purposes, so mechanical issues are of interest to me as well.

there are some old farts around here (my friends, actually) who claim to have invented mountain biking in the arb back in the 70s. farts of a similar age in marin county would beg to differ, but it isn't really important - i've thought of the arb as off-limits to bikes since the 80s. there are too many exotic plants there - it is, after all, an arboretum!