Tag: <span>Cottage Grove Bike Park</span>

Published October 1, 2014 by

Video: getting the hang of beginner tabletops at Cottage Grove Bike Park

I visited the Cottage Grove Bike Park today to ride the new beginner (green) jump line. However, since I suck at jumps, I first practiced the very small tabletop that’s in the middle of the larger pump track until I felt like I was getting the hang of it.

I then spent about a half hour on the new beginner tabletops and jumps. Way fun. I can barely get any air but the kids say I have potential. It’s pretty neat that you can ride the beginner jump line and get back up to the top in less than a minute.

Here’s my 84-second video:

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Published September 18, 2014 by

Video & photos: Building and testing the dirt jumps at Cottage Grove Bike Park

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Ego rationalization: mountain biking with the young bucks keeps me younger
Published August 31, 2014 by

Ego rationalization: mountain biking with the young bucks keeps me younger

In the past month or so, I’ve managed to go riding with guys 25-40 years younger than me. Yeah, that’s a bit of bragging as they’re all very good riders and I’m able to more or less keep up with them, which makes me feel younger.

But putting that ego stuff aside, it’s one of the things I really like about mountain biking as a geezer:  I get to meet and participate in a recreational activity with a younger crowd that I don’t normally have much contact with.

Update October 28: I’ve added several more riders, with photos and videos. The list now includes AJ Peterson, Chris Knight, David Starrs, John Gaddo, Manny Paulino, Marty Larson,  Michael Guinee, and Miguel Masberg.

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Published August 20, 2014 by

Video: pump track action at Cottage Grove Bike Park

Here’s a 40-second video clip of some pump track action at the Cottage Grove Bike Park last Saturday, featuring Clay Haglund, Brandon Charboneau, and Josh Sipma.

My apologies for the shaky video. I was, um, breathing hard.

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Photo album: Cottage Grove Bike Park’s 2nd Annual Party at the Park
Published August 17, 2014 by

Photo album: Cottage Grove Bike Park’s 2nd Annual Party at the Park

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Photo album: Cottage Grove Bike Park grand opening
Published June 27, 2014 by

Photo album: Cottage Grove Bike Park grand opening

Last night’s grand opening of MORC‘s Cottage Grove Bike Park was a big hit.  Props to Trail Steward Chance Glasford and his crew of Dirt Bosses for building an amazing facility, and to the City of Cottage Grove for its involvement.

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The bike park currently has a 4X race track and two pump tracks. Phases 2 and 3 will include a tot track, slopestyle course, mountain bike skills course and dirt jumps.  Construction for some of those additions will begin soon, as the bike park won the 2014 Bell Built contest, Midwest region. 

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Let’s win $33,000 for the Cottage Grove Bike ParkBell Built - Vote for Cottage Grove
Published April 23, 2014 by

Let’s win $33,000 for the Cottage Grove Bike Park

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I blogged twice last year about the development of the Cottage Grove Bike Park.  I’ve been following it closely since A) it’s relatively close to my house (45 minutes); B) it’s huge; and C) it’s been the passion of Chance Glasford, fellow MORC Board member and the guy who taught me how to pump.

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The park is a finalist in the Midwest region, competing for a third of the $100,000 grant offered by Bell Helmets in conjunction with IMBA. The winner is determined by popular vote going on now through May 4. 

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Published August 26, 2013 by

Photos: MORC Gravity Advocates doing another build day at Cottage Grove Bike Park

A crew of MORC Gravity Advocates (a sub-group of MORC) spent much of Saturday working on the Cottage Grove Bike Park.

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I took a few photos of Adam Buck, Mark Gavin, Chance Glasford, Mike Mullany, Andy Sinclair, and Colin VanDerHyde.  Chris Braaten was there in the morning before I arrived.

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If you show up to work, you get to test and play a bit.

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Some photos of Chance (above) and Mike (below) doing both:

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See the large slideshow of all the above photos plus a dozen or so more or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:

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Published August 16, 2013 by

Cottage Grove Bike Park update: the 4x track is nearly complete. Fundraiser party on Sept. 14

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I stopped by the Cottage Grove Bike Park yesterday to take some photos of the park’s construction.

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Chance Glasford, his team of fellow MORC Gravity Advocates (a sub-group of MORC), and many other volunteers have made great progress in the past month on the 4x (mountain cross) track. According to Chance’s Aug. 12 blog post titled, The build continues!, they’re almost done:

We had a great build weekend! 32 hours of manual labor later we are 90% complete with the 4x track! Mike, Buck and I put in some serious time this weekend along with some help from a hand full of others!

We are about 5 loader buckets and 3 hours of work short of completing the park! We had a nice group of neighbor hood kids out helping us Sunday…

Other features to be constructed in the park include a tot track for strider bikes, pump tracks, dirt jumps, a slope style course, and a mountain bike skills area.

The next ‘build’ day is Saturday Aug. 24. You can keep up on the details of all the build days either via the Cottage Grove Bike Park Facebook page  or the Cottage Grove Bike Park forum in the MORC Forums.

Cottage Grove Bike Park partyAnd on Sept 14, they’re hosting a big Party at the Park- Cottage Grove Bike Park Fundraiser.

Come join us at the Cottage Grove bike park! Enjoy a silent auction, beer, food, DJ, Bonfire, Bounce house and of course tours of the bike park as it nears completion and raise funds to finish the build!

I asked Chance to take a few runs on the 4x track so I could take some photos and a few video clips. He reluctantly obliged:

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