Cunningham Park, Queens - Pics - Heavy Page!

Whats up Fellas =)

Here's some pics of what we've been building in Queens. We have to get permission for everything we do so it's all legit/legal.

This is a free Public park so we have to make things safe and on the easy side for now.

Some images are kinda large. Scroll sideways...

Contents:
1) Jump N Pump
2) Singletrack work(drops, jumps, berms, treerides)
3) Racetrack



Dirt Jump N Pump Section























Singletrack work










































2 treerides...


treeride vid clips...
http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/MVI_1743.AVI

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/MVI_1745.AVI


There's more singletrack stuff around the park.....

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The Racetrack is really shaping up nice!

Use the links for full view.

First Long Straight








First Berm!


First Berm to short straight...





Short Straight to second berm....



Second Berm to next(second) short straight....



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Still have plenty to do...We work on every Thursday from 3pm till dark. If you live in NY area and would like to help. Here's some maps...you can also goto Climbonline.org go to the trail building section of the forum.

Map...


Google Map Link
MAP LINK

Thanks guys =)

We built everything by hand. No heavy equipment...

The dirt in the whole park is basically clay and topsoil. We don't have to import any in, so sweet!


Once we're done with the racetrack. We'll be starting a slopestyle run(jumps, rollers, berms) with optional freeride lines(rocks, drops, logs). We have a huge bowl depression to build in, sick!


Whats up Tim =)

Thanks Fellas!

Don,
Link it up! Hopefully you can make it up here soon.

jdschall,
That attachment is called the logwizard. Its basically 3 or 4 planer blades that the chainsaw spins. Setting the blades is very important. To much blade will bite and skip along as you cut. To little of a blade, it'll just sit there not cutting and waste your time.

Their home site seems to be down for some reason...here it is tho...
http://logwizard.com/

You can use google to find a "cached" version of the site.

Here's a link to a place that offers it...
http://www.aloghomestore.com/tools-chainsaw.shtml#Log Wizard


I work with Mike Vitti(President of CLIMB). He's the Project Manager/Coordinator and gets all the permission for what we do. He's been going to meetings for years with local parks department establishing a relationship. Not only does he have to convince the parks department but also other local groups that have concerns about the park.

I'm the Technical Trail Director. I handle the design/layout of jumps, drops, berms, rollers and anything beyond "basic" singletrack.

I'll let Mike know about this thread here on Ridemonkey. Maybe he'll chime in...

Here's a link to CLIMB's site...go to the trail building section of the forum. We post updates there and you could ask questions.
http://climbonline.org/


Thanks again for all the good feedback!
Holla!


Peanut Butter, Jelly!.......Peanut Butter, Jelly!

Nothing is set in stone but The V.A Hospital area may allow us to build jumps/tables and a pumptrack. MTB trails have already been sanctioned so we are close.

The Greenport Skatepark has contacted Mike V. and has shown interest in adding jumps to their facilities.

There's other parks that are becoming more open minded toward bikes but we don't have enough help with meetings and building.

Anyone can become a CLIMB member and support what we are doing. You can go to climbonline.org for more info.

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Here's what we got done this week...We got a little more done than what the pics show. We worked into the night.



Decided to tweak the first straight a little. Made the 2 small rollers into one big one.





Short Straight to Second Berm





These rollers will lead into 2 berms... One old one that is there now which allow riders to loop the middle section of the track. The other berm will continue the main track to the right. Another 180 berm...