Anyone up for a November Croom ride?

NYRAPTOR · October 08, 2009, 06:30:00 PM

hopefully it will be a little cooler out. any takers? i need to ride.

buythisatvstuff · October 08, 2009, 06:36:28 PM

I'll be camping for Thanksgiving (not at Croom) and most other weekends I'm busy. If you decide on December I'll try to make it. Either way let me know the date and I'll try.

NYRAPTOR · October 08, 2009, 06:43:33 PM

no problem. haven't picked a day yet. last time i did this a bunch of guys showed up. we had a blast!

Andy9933 · October 08, 2009, 07:08:41 PM

I go out to croom all the time, let me know

zman03 · October 10, 2009, 08:20:14 PM

Croom is my favorite ,Im in if you guys go. I will be coming from Miami 300 miles away 4.5 hour trip but worth every minute and every mile All I ask is that you dont freak out when you see me kiss the ground when I get there. Its been like a little ritual for me.

NYRAPTOR · October 10, 2009, 08:55:08 PM

thats cool. i love croom too! you can't get lost! it might be on a week day though when i go. here are some old pics from many moons ago.

buythisatvstuff · October 10, 2009, 09:58:38 PM

The funny thing is I do get lost

Not for long, but I've had to find the fence before to get back. I've been pretty good in recent trips though. The funny part is that I never got lost in ONF . I haven't been to Croom recently, but love it for all the various terrain. I'm way out of practice, but used to love hitting all those hill jumps.

shogun323 · October 10, 2009, 10:06:05 PM

I am there all the time and I always get lost. I think you will be presently surprised when you get there. They have been grooming the main trails now so they are high speed instead of being all wooped out.

zman03 · October 10, 2009, 10:45:52 PM

good to hear about the grooming!!! I ride at a little more aggressive level than most and the one thing that is first and formost is my safety and the the safety of other riders!. I take my ridin serious but my health and wellbeing comes first. I can tell you lots of the people at Croom I have rode by threw the trails I usually also ran into them at the camp sites and they did express their gratitude for our courtesy in the trails by slowing down and letting them go by in an intersecting trail. I have noticed lots of families that go there and ride threw the trails at pretty slow speeds and thats fine! I hope more people will be vigilante and watch out for the slower riders and dont intimidate them or make them feel like their in your way. We are all at the end of the day there to have a good time and leave with good memories. I hope that other people will respect me as much as I give them respect in regards to courtesy in the trails. I see Croom as a place that we are priveledged to have and hope that more people would appreciate it and use this place as an example so other areas in the state can see how properly managed ORV sites are a benefit to the communities they are in!.

buythisatvstuff · October 10, 2009, 11:36:27 PM

Quote from: shogun323 on October 10, 2009, 10:06:05 PM
I am there all the time and I always get lost. I think you will be presently surprised when you get there. They have been grooming the main trails now so they are high speed instead of being all wooped out.

I heard that they were recently groomed, but how long will it remain in that condition ? That place is constantly changing. I wonder how long a good grooming will be noticable.

NYRAPTOR · October 11, 2009, 09:29:46 AM

one of the main reasons i go during the week is because there is no one out there. the place is empty during the week and the back trails are amazing!

z400250 · October 11, 2009, 10:43:58 AM

Quote from: buythisatvstuff on October 10, 2009, 11:36:27 PM
Quote from: shogun323 on October 10, 2009, 10:06:05 PM
I am there all the time and I always get lost. I think you will be presently surprised when you get there. They have been grooming the main trails now so they are high speed instead of being all wooped out.

I heard that they were recently groomed, but how long will it remain in that condition ? That place is constantly changing. I wonder how long a good grooming will be noticable.

They now have their own tractor and are always grooming the trails!

z400250 · October 11, 2009, 10:45:25 AM

Quote from: NYRAPTOR on October 11, 2009, 09:29:46 AM
one of the main reasons i go during the week is because there is no one out there. the place is empty during the week and the back trails are amazing!

There deff. isn't as many people out there during the weekends as there used to be in prior years!

NYRAPTOR · October 11, 2009, 09:19:24 PM

yeah i've heard that. i guess with gas prices and other things people are cutting back on riding. sad....

bseckel · October 12, 2009, 06:39:51 AM

if you let us know ahead of time what date I would love to go down to croom and ride during the week. Also it would be nice to meet another N.Y. quad rider, even though you ride a yamaha...lol

SpeedQuest · October 14, 2009, 11:45:17 PM

NYRAPTOR you should consider coming to the 2009 SouthEast Raptor Rally at the MotoPlex. It's being held Nov. 6th-8th. $30/person for the weekend.

buythisatvstuff · October 15, 2009, 12:19:55 AM

Raptor rally ? Man I'm glad you mentioned this ! I'll go up there and make a ton of money towing those Raptors back to their camps rolback1

Nah, don't worry Nyraptor, If I can make it I'll be at Croom to tow yours back to your truck

NYRAPTOR · October 15, 2009, 07:46:01 AM

ha ha i still have mr. bones tow strap under my seat!