st ed's pump track
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Which should be reason enough for people to not build things there?
ST. Ed's is what it is. I feel comfortable in saying it is never going to be anything more than it is.
And it was (and still is) a fight just to maintain what is there.
ST. Ed's is what it is. I feel comfortable in saying it is never going to be anything more than it is.
And it was (and still is) a fight just to maintain what is there.
What really sucks is everytime something is built when they tear it down, they go though and 'sweep' the trails of anything that is on them that a child couldn't walk over.
I'm surprised the track lasted as long as it did.
I'm surprised the track lasted as long as it did.
You mean it took the "trial work crew" that long to get rid of Don Miguels dealio?
You know spring is right around the courner when the kicker into the gultch gets the flattening... I was bumbed about the kicker between the tree limbs... but that was 2 or 3 months ago... I was surprised the pump track lasted that long... I guess it takes longer to flatten a pump track
I end up riding that place in the winter when the good stuff is covered in snow...
You know spring is right around the courner when the kicker into the gultch gets the flattening... I was bumbed about the kicker between the tree limbs... but that was 2 or 3 months ago... I was surprised the pump track lasted that long... I guess it takes longer to flatten a pump track
I end up riding that place in the winter when the good stuff is covered in snow...
i don't get it though - the pump track isn't dangerous at all... i WAS surprised when i first saw it there. i have a theory: whoever was responsible for tearing the damn thing down probably doesn't frequent the area very much. it was there for like 5 months, wasn't it? it's just bogus that whoever "decided" to dismantle it rarely rides there - buncha jerkoffs if you ask me 
I rode there earlier this week and someone had dug a fairly large & deep hole right in the open area where you would walk or ride your bike onto the track. In addition they left a bunch of water bottles and other trash, too (which I picked up).
I suspect whoever did that was the catalyst for the tear-down. It seemed pretty egregious, and it made us mountain bikers look bad, in my opinion.
I suspect whoever did that was the catalyst for the tear-down. It seemed pretty egregious, and it made us mountain bikers look bad, in my opinion.
Never saw it, rode it, etc but heard that it was put where they tore down the previous illegal DJs and KingCo revegetated the area. IF that is the case. It should not have been built in the first place and the jerkoffs are the ones that destroyed the re-vegetation and make it harder for those just trying to keep bikes in there at all...
Just asking for permission and going through the channels may have led to a place in the park where they will allow one that will stay.
Just asking for permission and going through the channels may have led to a place in the park where they will allow one that will stay.
There is a legal place were the existing pump track could be greatly improved, and we would not have to worry about it being torn down.....in fact the city has agreed to spend money on it.
From what I remember there was little to no vegetation in that area before the dirt jumps were put in. Those got torn out and the area was (re)-vegetated which means whoever did that now has claimed ownership of the area that really isn't warranted ensuring animosity on both sides of the issue.
I believe the parks department or whomever the land manager is did the re-vegetating. So, "ownership" is a moot point. If that is the case, the only people that should be pissed are the land managers.
And, if that is the case, it just makes us look worse to them and gives ammo to the folks that want us out of there completely.
And, if that is the case, it just makes us look worse to them and gives ammo to the folks that want us out of there completely.
Just build another one where the super secret djs are... the ones that are out of the way and off all of the trails... sort of like the ones in Mukelto...