The paved pump track is visible from the highway as you drive through the town of Redmond, Oregon. Representing a $300,000 investment by the city of Redmond, the track is the largest of its kind in the state of Oregon. Built on what was formerly a dirt jump area, the asphalt track doesn’t require the […]
Bellingham, Washington: Whatcom Falls Pump Track
After a day of riding the Galbraith trails in Bellingham, we headed to the pumptrack at Whatcom Falls Park to check it out. Although the surface could have used some watering and was dry and a bit dusty, the Bellingham pumptrack is still a fun time. Built in the spring of 2017, the pump track is […]
Golden Eagle Park Pump Track: First Rides
The Velosolutions Crew have been busy, finishing new public paved pump track projects in Redmond and Hood River, Oregon. After a morning of riding the trails at Post Canyon we stopped over and finally got our first taste of the new paved pump track experience. Riding a paved pump track is like a mix of […]
Prineville Bike Park
Featuring 4 progressive jump lines, a pump track and a skills loop, the Prineville Bike Park opened in 2016. With Prineville located near Bend, we made a point to drive over to experience the central Oregon park during a visit. The park contains multiple progressive jump lines, a pump track and perimeter skills route. Constructed […]
North Coast Trail Alliance: New Pump Track in Construction at Seaside, Oregon
A new group of riders have banded together to develop single track riding opportunities in the Astoria, Oregon area. They’re off to a good start with a pump track in Seaside Oregon.
Ventura Park Pumptrack, Portland, OR. Rebuild Day 2
At the end of our second day of reworking the Ventura Park pump track in Portland, Oregon, the revitalized pump track is now rideable! Neighborhood kids began gathering almost immediately after we pulled the trail work signs and placed them back in the car, asking if they could play on the track. Though precipitation […]
Scotts Valley Pump Track: First Look
The Santa Cruz pump track scene is blowing up! Construction on the new Scotts Valley pump track is complete, and it is now open to the public, with the official grand opening happening this weekend. MBOSC is hosting the shindig on October 4th, 2014 that will feature a ribbon cutting, demo by local pro riders and raffle prizes. […]
Santa Cruz, CA: Chanticleer Park Pump Track
At this point, we’ve ridden a good number of pump tracks up and down the west coast, (plus a few in Canada and even one in Alaska) and are known to drive out of our way to sample a new one. The new pump track at Chanticleer Park stands out as being one of the […]
Tamarancho Flow Trail Construction Update
If you weren’t stoked on the prospect of the Bay Area’s first flow trail currently being under construction and mere months or even weeks away from being a rideable reality, perhaps these images of our roughed in route will change that. Sunday, December 16th was a cold and foggy morning. After getting soaked on an […]
SF Bike Expo: Ride Your Bike
For our last few posts we’ve highlighted our reasons for trudging over to south San Francisco to hang out at the SF Bike Expo again this year, but one of the best reasons was to actually ride bikes. Besides the massive jump lines assembled for the AT’s headline event, “AT’ Showdown” there were also several […]
Night Pumptrack Party Session
Take a backyard pumptrack, add a few dozen rabble rousers and riders, a Beastie Boys cover band, a keg of Racer 5 and a taco truck, and you have the recipe for a sweet birthday party. Although we had to seriously motivate after an XC ride with our bike club earlier in the morning, we were psyched […]
Elk Grove Bike Park … work in progress
The Sacramento area gets another step closer to being a riding destination with the addition of the Elk Grove Bike Park, just 10 minutes south of Sacramento. Technically, this makes a total of three bike parks in the area, not counting BMX tracks. While not yet completed, the construction of the Elk Grove Bike Park […]