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DAMN good find lou!!!!!!!!! Chase is the man
here is the link
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/05/15/2007-05-15_city_bike_parks_a_mound_of_fun-1.html
aww hell here
Manhattan is small, flat and crowded with cars and concrete – but it still has room for a new 3-mile mountain-biking trail.
“On the face of it, it sounds preposterous,” admitted city Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. “But we really do have it, and it takes advantage of the terrain that was always there.”
The Fort George Hill Trails wind through a hilly, remote section of Highbridge Park in Inwood where crooks once dumped stolen cars and parkgoers feared to tread.
“It’s probably the only mountain-bike course in the country you can get to by subway,” Benepe said.
The Parks Department offered to turn the area into a biking trail because it couldn’t do much else with the land – and because rogue bikers were tearing up other hilly northern Manhattan parks in pursuit of muddy, high-energy thrills.
After 18 months of work, a $100,000 state grant and lots of discussions with city lawyers to limit the liability risks, the trail officially opens Saturday – with areas for BMX jumpers, casual riders and hard-core experts.
“It’s pretty impressive for mountain biking in the middle of New York City,” said Jamie Bogner of the New York City Mountain Bike Association, which helped plan and build the paths. “We look for the longest way from point A to point B, with every technical obstacle we can find.”
His group will host a cross-country race on the trail Sunday.
The Parks Department is trying to develop another mountain-biking trail in Cunningham Park in Queens, and may try to put more on capped landfills in the Bronx’s Pelham Bay and Staten Island’s Fresh Kills.
Neighborhood kids zipping through the trails yesterday said they were glad to finally have a place to ride and jump.
“I love the ramps. You get amazing air on them. One jump, it’s almost vertical when you go up it,” said 13-year-old Jonathan Flores. “Before this, you’d have to ride on the street.”
I think it was kuwahara,
there is a liitle blurb on page 2 of the ny dailynews.
rob when you coming out to the track.
Dave ecw ECW sucks monkey nuts now. Vince ruined it.
My sole motivation is locals this season and a few state qualifiers. I will race the regional at cj and try to get to the keystone nat’s. When i read how low the moto count was i was really surprised. But maybe i should not be, with the cost of gas skyrocketing and the high ass entry fee’s people are being selective. which leads me to this
I need more!!!!!!! I can’t drink the coffee at work. I need Dunkin Doughnuts.
I already sent it to him. Actually i have to get off my butt and go to the cable place and drop off the dvd. been trying to make a copy but my puter is acting real weird.
Oh and good morning deb, had your coffee yet?
glenn see you saturday.
Only 58 mottos on Saturday and 47 today.
that moto count is pathetic
3 years ago when i started racing that would have seemed like alot to me. Now I agree with dave. you know what this means, we really have to promote the hell out of the regional at cjbmx.
Bill if you lived closer i would be at your crib helping you dig.