Rays Dirt Room
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Hell yeah, looks good! Brick and cement will hurt though if you slip up...
Sick.
They won't need to hang buckets up for the leaky roof in that section.
It'll be interesting to see how the dirt holds up being indoors. Can't wait to get out there and see/ride this in person at some point.
They won't need to hang buckets up for the leaky roof in that section.
It'll be interesting to see how the dirt holds up being indoors. Can't wait to get out there and see/ride this in person at some point.
If you look up high on those walls you will see a bunch of windows. What you can't tell is that they are all smashed out... The good news is that massive amounts of cool air with be coming in the door/voids where the trains used to come in and then the hot air will be exiting the smashed out windows 20 to 30' up.
So it will have some of the outdoor conditions.
They have hoses...
The mastermind behind the trails really knows what he is doing. He is actually very smart for only being 23... I am sure the place will be byzantine with drainage and sprinkler/hose systems.
Indoor dirt..The future is looking bright..
Finally.
A winter trip to ray's makes sense now.
A winter trip to ray's makes sense now.
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doesn't get much cooler than this! dayyyyyyum, I can't wait to go visit now!
I think its a summer only deal guys..
whats the point off all the dirt if its gonna have tables? i hope theres sum dubs in there
Does the cool factor go down if they are tables instead of doubles? If you go from takeoff lip to landing what difference does it make what is in between?
Safety.
The reality is people... come out to Rays and get jacked up. You have no idea how many bad accidents I have seen there. Yes it is their fault. Yes tables make it safer and in a lawsuit that mitigates mucho risk for ray.
If the weekend warriors stayed away dubs would be just fine.
you sure have a point, but the fear factor is there.. I could jump higher and longer tables first, but the kick and feeling of achievement from getting a double of even lesser size beats the **** out of jumping the tables.
still tables are needed for learning, plus you can't manual a double can you
Hey, I'm psyched that they are doing this!
Are they filling the whole park with dirt or what rooms are they building the trails in?
Are they filling the whole park with dirt or what rooms are they building the trails in?
My first thought was durability although safety is a big factor too. I've seen what can happen to a real nice lip (and landing) when trying to be ridden by someone who doesn't know how to. At a place like Ray's, some nice dubs might last a week or 2 before they were tracked out.
I like the looks of how the place is going together. My guess is those rollers and berms will be the funnest thing to ride. Can't wait to see how everything integrates.
Finally.
A winter trip to ray's makes sense now.
Before I actually knew what it was I assumed it was an indoor dirt park. When I found out it was just a bike specific skate park it did not seem like the "cool place" everyone makes it out to be. Maybe I'm wrong, but what's so exciting about an indoor skatepark for bikes?
Yeah, I know what you mean.
I think its awsome, but for me personally I don't care if I never go there. I think its a 6hr drive from where I live and I have friends that drive there almost every weekend in the winter. They are allways on me to go but I'm not really into sitting in the car for 12hrs total to ride my bike, I can do a lot of stuff in 12hrs.
The other thing is, for me 1/2 the fun is being in the woods building trail and 1/2 the fun is riding it. Being in a warehouse with a bunch of yahoos would take some of the fun out of it
I don't want to sound all negative on it though, I really do think its awsome. Its great that he has taken his dream and made it a reality and provided good times for so many people, that part is really cool.
This is really Bob Delaat's idea and it is really a dj park.
Rays is far from a skate park. It is an indoor MTB park. It has an appeal for every rider: Pump track, flowy wooden DJ, XC stuff, a complete park section, foam pit, ramps galore, etc. Now the dirt DJ section. Really amazing.
Unless you have been there you can't understand it. The place rules. I drove 13 hours one way and spent the weekend. It was amazing.
Unless you have been there you can't understand it. The place rules. I drove 13 hours one way and spent the weekend. It was amazing.
It would be cool if they added some other features like wooden on off ramps, wooden wallrides, quarters, drops... basicly like mini slopestyle stuff mixed in (but not gay xc training type stuff). Since they obviously have the recources. But I like where this is going, reminds me a lot of my local dirt park -lots of table berms and rollers. Overall its fun to just flow though and even throw some small tricks. THye should keep it open all year round.
apparently there is something i'm not seeing, cause it looks lame as sh!t to me. either way, i'm glad the groms have somewhere to go and stay off all the hard work that actually goes into the real trails...
friggen legit. i'm deffs making a road trip down.
exactly
It is gonna open this coming Friday the 29th. They just need to build a berm/wallride at the end of all the runs... it is tight. They really build as much as possible!
Hey we are here in Cleveland. During the cold war they put icbm's here because of all the natural cloud cover... hide from survailence etc... The weather sucks, the river ... not the ohio river but Cleveland's river has even been on fire! The goverment is so backwards they still favor horse riding... not over bike riding... but at the expense of bike riding. We got Rays and chenga...
Hey we are here in Cleveland. During the cold war they put icbm's here because of all the natural cloud cover... hide from survailence etc... The weather sucks, the river ... not the ohio river but Cleveland's river has even been on fire! The goverment is so backwards they still favor horse riding... not over bike riding... but at the expense of bike riding. We got Rays and chenga...
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Just ride it for a few hours. It is actually very cool... better than I expected. The weather was perfect today (for most of the day) and I thought shouldn't I be outside riding?!...but then I was reminded I am in Cleveland as it started to rain very very hard for a good hour... and I was able to keep riding beautiful bowls, hips and sculpted DJ's inside perfectly dry! There is a patio with a gas grill... man this is my new 2nd home this summer.
Bryce- You really can't fathom the amount of space Ray has taken up in the beat down industrial park. It's got a little bit of everything and a lot of some things.
It's easy to get lost your first time there and I'm positive you'd find a few places to eject your bike. It's way more than a skatepark for bikes. the dirt park is a new addition and having met the guys that help him build the stuff and knowing Ray. They will push the limits and make sure newb's and pros will have fun and challenges.
Well worth the trip from anywhere in the US. There is a reason a bunch of pro's go there every winter, and RideBMX has named it "park of the year" before....
I still don't see the point behind this whole "you aren't as good as me, so you shouldn't be riding" mentality.