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MMcG
05-09-2007, 02:47 PM
I've been exchanging some emails with a Jamis sales rep and he asked when I might be coming down to Ringwood - so I figured I'd ask here - what's Ringwood like?

Any good?
syadasti
05-09-2007, 02:56 PM
Ringwood is really good if you know where and what order to ride it in. We just had a great ride from Skyline Drive to Ringwood and back. Let me know when you are going and I'll tag along if I'm free.
MMcG
05-09-2007, 02:58 PM
I don't know if I can afford to get down there just to ride my bike - but I was curious to know what the trails are like.

Any links to photos?
syadasti
05-09-2007, 03:06 PM
Old photos from Photobucket...

Ringwood:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/DSC00233.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/5204b.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/IMG_4880.jpg








Ramapo/Skyline:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/joshroll.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/antsmokebreak.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/joshrollvert.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/peterolltech.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/ramapoloopdrop.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/syadasti/bicycling/tomtechroll2.jpg

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=295472
MMcG
05-09-2007, 03:16 PM
who's the guy riding the Balfa 2Step FR?
syadasti
05-09-2007, 03:20 PM
Me - it was when there was only one model of 2Step and when they still allowed DC forks on it (before it was field tested, LOL)

But Balfa is on the bottom of my list, see this thread about Balfa quality... (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99994)
MMcG
05-09-2007, 03:24 PM
yeah I know you didn't like the Balfa quality control.
syadasti
05-09-2007, 03:27 PM
yeah I know you didn't like the Balfa non-existent quality control.

Fixed :D

You forgot piss-poor customer support.
MMcG
05-09-2007, 03:32 PM
I think that when you bought your frame a lot of folks already were seeing the demise of the company - perhaps that's why you guys crappy customer support (and hey it isn't like they were/are the only ones either right?)
syadasti
05-09-2007, 03:35 PM
I got my 2Step in 2001 or 2002, a few years before they broke up. I know someone who has measured a few of their Minuteman HT at a shop and they can't even get that right - huge variation in geometry.

Some people in that thread have seen literally hundreds of them...they just sucked.
MMcG
05-09-2007, 03:44 PM
Mine worked fine.
tonyhawk
05-09-2007, 03:52 PM
http://www.bikerag.com/images/MAPS/nj-ringwood_map.htm

A guy I used to work with lives nearby, so if you end up heading down, let me know and I'll tell him you're coming.
MMcG
05-09-2007, 03:54 PM
Okay Tony - the only way I'd get down there I think is if it were connected with a work visit somehow. I wonder how far the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is from Ringwood????? :think:
syadasti
05-09-2007, 03:59 PM
Thats a hospital right?
MMcG
05-09-2007, 04:01 PM
One of the largest private foundations funding healthcare in America.

But yeah there is a bunch of medical stuff named after RWJ in New Jersey.
JRogers
05-10-2007, 12:08 AM
Ringwood is a great place to ride. A lot of times when people talk about Ringwood, they really mean Ramapo/Skyline drive. I've ridden at both places a bunch of times and both are good. I live about 15 minutes from Skyline.
bluebug32
05-11-2007, 09:42 AM
That's not far from the NY border, right?

Looks like a fun place.
JRogers
05-11-2007, 10:52 AM
That's not far from the NY border, right?

Looks like a fun place.

Yeah, it's only a few miles from the border. Skyline drive is right off of 287; Ringwood proper is a bit further, but not much.
jdcamb
05-11-2007, 07:27 PM
Ramapo/Skyline drive and Heartshorne are my favorite places to ride in Jersey.
klutch
05-11-2007, 11:04 PM
this is yesterday sorry they're fuzzy camera was set wrong...
klutch
05-11-2007, 11:07 PM
my crappy race face bb is clunking louder and twice as much since yesterday...race face sucks:plthumbsdown:
Murphy's Law
05-14-2007, 10:46 PM
wow. Ringwood NJ. that brings back some seriously old school memories for me. my first xc mtb race back in 95. after the race, my friends and i went out for a ride (yeah. i was in stupid good shape back then to race xc then want to ride more afterwards lol) we got sooooo fricken lost on that ride, we popped up out of the woods back in NY. then on the way back, got even more lost to the point where we completely lost sight of the single track we were on. it was an epic ride/hike through the woods of NJ that i'll never forget!!!!
klutch
05-17-2007, 08:31 AM
So I've riden Ringwood 7 times this year so far.I go with 2 guys who claim to know this place.One has been going for a year with the other one who lives there and has been riding it for a few years. We started out at lot c around 6pm.So we found this trail that goes all the way into NY,so we decided to take it but in the other direction staying in NJ and of course got lost as it started to get dark.We had a map and luckily by default I brought my light which is not a HID it's just a 1 watt LED that runs on 4 aa batteries.We were at the top of everything on the yellow/white trail and it's getting dark.So at the bottom we found the cannonball but we were very far from were we needed to be.So we found the red trail and were walking at this point cause it's almost completely black and we stumbled on a part of the trail with small car sized rocks taking the place of the dirt making it imposible to ride or even see the trail.We walked for 2.5 hours (by my direction cause apparently the guy who has been here 7 times is the only one who can get us out of here) and we finally popped out on a trail that we all knew at the top of a nice downhill (red) by the school.PS- I recommend you try this hill at night with a light.We took that trail to the road and the road to the lot. I got in my car at 10:45.It was by far the most epic journey of the year,I can't wait to do it again.I love Ringwood and not because I almost slept there.
isabbisr
05-21-2007, 01:22 AM
Holy cow I saw those pics and said thats syadasti... I thought you died or something, I guess you just went to ridemonkey instead.
syadasti
05-21-2007, 07:49 AM
Nope not dead...
mklie
06-12-2007, 02:57 PM
Geese I used to live there. Where can I access the trail and park. Thanks.
mikey.elefant
06-13-2007, 05:16 PM
How far is Ringwood from Englewood ???
klutch
06-13-2007, 09:27 PM
How far is Ringwood from Englewood ???

probably close to 45 min maybe even an hour but worth the ride
mikey.elefant
06-14-2007, 02:17 PM
thanks for your quick answer,i have another question i own a cannondale rush 4000 and tend to be more on the single trek and a little down hill-not a pro yet like most of you.is ringwood a good place for me to start,maybe you know of a place closer to Englewood ?
thanks again
klutch
06-14-2007, 06:06 PM
thanks for your quick answer,i have another question i own a cannondale rush 4000 and tend to be more on the single trek and a little down hill-not a pro yet like most of you.is ringwood a good place for me to start,maybe you know of a place closer to Englewood ?
thanks again

Ringwood is a great place you just have to find the right trails. And honastly go to Diablo I'm there every weekend and it just is a great place. Look for my truck(check my avitar) and I ride a brown Giant Faith 2...
mklie
06-15-2007, 02:07 PM
Can anyone share where I can park the car and access the trails. Thanks.
klutch
06-18-2007, 08:45 AM
Skyline drive there is a lower lot and an upper lot upper lot is better. Or you can go to the park by the 2 eagles and there is lots a,b,and c lot c is the best for closness to the trails.
mikey.elefant
06-29-2007, 10:01 AM
Klutch,where is Diablo and how far is it from englewood ??
klutch
06-29-2007, 10:27 AM
Mikey, it's in Vernon,NJ up rt 23N. From Englewood it's probably an hour or so. Take 23 N past West Milford and Oak Ridge resevoir take the Highland Lake/ Vernon rt 515 exit (you'll see a sign for mountain creek resort) make a right go 8.5 miles and at the bootom of the hill there is a Lukoil gas station make a left that's rt 94. It's about a mile and a half down on the left. But parking is on the right across the street,park by the wooden fence (don't worry about where the lot attendents tell you to go) they're for the water park folk. Look for my truck, I ride a brown Giant Faith 2 red gloves and black and red helmet...

PS:you can always pm me if you want to meet up...

PSS: this weekend there is a bikini contest for miss america or something at the waterpark and Diablo is having the Domination race...