Accidents are down dramatically at Valmont Bike Park

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Photo Credit: Larry Grossman

According to Officials accidents have curbed down dramatically at Valmont Bike Park after the first couple of weeks. Last week I rolled through the park after a afternoon ride and was pleased to noticed every single rider out there I saw was wearing a helmet. Maybe they wised up or got weeded out, either way the news is good to hear and probably not to surprising, more people like myself are learning that even though you may own a Mountain Bike, its probably not the right kind of bike to bite off the jumps safely. Guess I will need to add another bike to the Christmas list this year!

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Since the Valmont Bike Park opened on June 11, the city's Parks and Recreation Department has been tracking accidents at the park through reports from the bike park staff, volunteers and emergency calls to the park.

"What I've seen this morning is that they're going down dramatically after the first couple of weeks," said Jeff Dillon, parks and planning superintendent for City of Boulder Parks and Recreation.

The number of accidents was not made available to the Colorado Daily at press time, but Dillon said the nature of the accidents was "mostly, scrapes bruises cuts, but there have been some broken collarbones, broken wrists."
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Please read all of the story at the Daily Camera

My First Mountain Bike Race - Steps to being prepared

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My First Mountain Bike Race by Coreen Wright, Tough Girl Cycling


Coreen Wright

I think for me, my first mountain bike race was the most memorable. I had a positive experience that kept me coming back for more. Unlike running races, which I was more accustom to, mountain bike racing has some variety to the race, you get to go fast! Like faster than running. When I first arrived at the race, I was a little nervous. I
just didn’t want to be last. I signed up as beginner in the 40-49 year old group. Yeah, my first race was when I was 40. My concerns, as you can imagine were crashing, and of course hitting a tree or something crazy like that. I didn’t have the easiest time when I first started riding…I crashed a lot. Thankfully, with patience and perseverance, my husband didn’t give up on me and so I kept on riding.

I remember the announcer yelling “GOOOOOOO” in the loud speaker and racers taking off. That was kind of scary. I wasn’t sure what to expect after that but I was about to find out. So we were off and my heart was pounding out of my chest. I tried to relax and calm down but the rest of the start was a blur. I finally recovered on the downhill and from then on it was a blast. What was so fun about the race, were the other racers. We had conversations along the way and through the struggles together of pushing up a climb or going over a scary edge we encouraged each other along and I felt like we knew one another. Passing on the trails was easier than I expected and if you communicated well it made it safer for all. We were all in it together.

I liked the feeling of being in the forest and surrounded by trees and fresh air with single track beneath my tires. I had a hunch I would be doing this again. Mountain biking quickly became a lot more fun. Racing brought a whole new aspect to my riding. It’s the one thing that makes me feel like a kid again.

A SKAVERY Collaboration Brew supporting Community Cycles

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For the third straight year, brewers from Avery Brewing Company--alongside our bros from Ska Brewing Co., Oskar Blues Brewery and Sierra Nevada Brewing--will hop on our road bikes and ride the 500+ miles from Boulder to Durango, Colorado, hitting up small breweries and brewpubs along the way and soaking in the great culture that is Colorado Craft Beer.

Finalist in our Facebook photo contest, now it is your turn to vote!

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Thank you to all of our 303Cycling’s Facebook fans! We’ve received some great photo entries! After much debate among our highly specialized judges, the final five have been decided.

Now it’s time for all of you to pick out your favorite. Go to our Facebook page and “like” your choice. The photo with the most “likes” wins.

Remember, 1st place wins a new 303Cycling jersey and 2nd place wins a 303Cycling tshirt!

You have until Monday, July 18th at 5:00pm to vote. We will announce the winners after all the “likes” have been tallied.

Keep checking 303Cycling.com and our Facebook page for all of your Colorado cycling news.


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