I thought the bike park was just somebody’s fantasy, unlikely to ever be built because the city would have no money to spare. Well, maybe it’ll happen after all. Looks like BMA is stepping up to organize planning and more importantly, fundraising.
So surf on over to http://bma-mtb.org/valmontbikepark/index.php and buy a brick.
Aaron works with our buddy Pete at Rapid Creek Cycles in Palisade, and also happens to go big. Well, bigger than everybody in our group (except Tom):
Way back when; seems like the dawn of time now; I was told by a famous and skilled surgeon that it would be 6 months after the surgery before I could start to work on getting back to my previous fitness level. He was about right. 6 months, and my first bike trip out to Moab with the team. I took my place at the back of the peloton.
A couple bad crashes, and cleaned a couple things I’ve never managed before. I’ve had better trips, but I’ve also had worse. My knee held up pretty well; I joined the body armor crew, though just knee pads. I was mighty grateful at least once.
We checked out the shiny new Free Lunch trail in GJ on the way out. I didn’t hit the big stuff, but had a little fun anyway:
The posting binge continues. Lots of people search me for “moab“, so I thought I’d meet my readers expectations and write a Moab post, complete with link to a flickr set.
Of course, when speaking of MTB or Moab (or crafting a post for search results), I also need to be sure to link to my buddy Brian’s site SingleTrackRides.