Comments on: 'The Lumberyard' indoor bike park finds a home on NE 82nd Ave http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377 Portland Oregon bicycle news, events, culture, travel and opinion. Tue, 29 May 2012 02:57:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: eric http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2243546 eric Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:37:53 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2243546 holy!! yee-haw, i was about to write portland off as the WORST mountain biking city in the country. dont get me wrong, great commuting on bike paths but until this arrived i was seriously considering jumping ship. so exciting, thank you x 100 holy!! yee-haw, i was about to write portland off as the WORST mountain biking city in the country. dont get me wrong, great commuting on bike paths but until this arrived i was seriously considering jumping ship. so exciting, thank you x 100

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]]> By: DK http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2227523 DK Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:55:49 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2227523 Looks cool. What's admission going to be? Season tickets available? Looks cool.
What's admission going to be? Season tickets available?

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]]> By: Athiholic http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2208123 Athiholic Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:52:42 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2208123 Best thing to happen to mountain biking inside the city in forever...now if we just get Timberline to ride in the summer we're set! Best thing to happen to mountain biking inside the city in forever...now if we just get Timberline to ride in the summer we're set!

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]]> By: Noah Lochner http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2204687 Noah Lochner Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:58:00 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2204687 I think this course looks AMAZING!!! is it going to have a foam pit? and a bigger box jump set up would be awesome. I think this course looks AMAZING!!! is it going to have a foam pit? and a bigger box jump set up would be awesome.

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]]> By: Charley http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2202692 Charley Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:05:27 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2202692 It's too bad that there aren't some trails within riding distance in Portland, like there are in Bend. It's nice not to have to drive, and a lot of us mountain bikers would rather ride to the trail, if there's one nearby. If I was to ride to the nearest trail system, it'd be a 15 mile ride just to ge there (from North Portland to Powell Butte). I often ride to Forest Park, but that's on my road bike (to ride the roads in the park). It's too bad that there aren't some trails within riding distance in Portland, like there are in Bend. It's nice not to have to drive, and a lot of us mountain bikers would rather ride to the trail, if there's one nearby. If I was to ride to the nearest trail system, it'd be a 15 mile ride just to ge there (from North Portland to Powell Butte). I often ride to Forest Park, but that's on my road bike (to ride the roads in the park).

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]]> By: Dabby http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2201579 Dabby Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:36:56 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2201579 There should be side by side parks for skateboarding and bmx, as bmx parks take a lot more infrastructure and abuse. I bmx, and I skateboard, both for 40 years now. (since I was 5), but I think the two should be done in separate parks. The cost of repairing a skatepark built for skateboarding and ridden by bmx'ers can be big. Much of the cement right below the coping gets chipped out from the extra weight/etc, and dare I say pegs. The decks sometimes crack under the added weight of landings. And the reality that the two don't mix as well as we would all like. At least we don't have as many fruit booter's anymore....... There should be side by side parks for skateboarding and bmx, as bmx parks take a lot more infrastructure and abuse.
I bmx, and I skateboard, both for 40 years now. (since I was 5), but I think the two should be done in separate parks.

The cost of repairing a skatepark built for skateboarding and ridden by bmx'ers can be big.
Much of the cement right below the coping gets chipped out from the extra weight/etc, and dare I say pegs. The decks sometimes crack under the added weight of landings.
And the reality that the two don't mix as well as we would all like.

At least we don't have as many fruit booter's anymore.......

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]]> By: Tankagnolo Bob http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2201304 Tankagnolo Bob Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:54 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2201304 Most excellent. Hope the plan goes though. If we can not get single track, at least this, especially in this weather. Being a fair weather Spartan, I want an indoor 30 mile single track too, but probably not in this life, or this planet. Back to the trainer, waiting for spring!! Good work !!!! Most excellent. Hope the plan goes though. If we can not get single track, at least this, especially in this weather. Being a fair weather Spartan, I want an indoor 30 mile single track too, but probably not in this life, or this planet. Back to the trainer, waiting for spring!! Good work !!!!

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]]> By: .matthew http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2201135 .matthew Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:04:53 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2201135 Dan, Please elaborate on "berrics-like." Is there something at the berrics that you want to see featured in the Lumberyard, or are you speaking to the bikes only focus? The Lumberyard is focused on bikes simply because that's where our passion is. There are skateparks all over the region but outside of a select few pumptracks and garage based session-bowls, bikes have very few options. Dan, Please elaborate on "berrics-like." Is there something at the berrics that you want to see featured in the Lumberyard, or are you speaking to the bikes only focus?

The Lumberyard is focused on bikes simply because that's where our passion is. There are skateparks all over the region but outside of a select few pumptracks and garage based session-bowls, bikes have very few options.

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]]> By: .matthew http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2201106 .matthew Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:53:15 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2201106 bmx riders will be welcome. The course designer Joe Prisel ("Toldeo Joe") comes from a bmx background. bmx riders will be welcome. The course designer Joe Prisel ("Toldeo Joe") comes from a bmx background.

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]]> By: davemess http://bikeportland.org/2011/11/21/the-lumberyard-indoor-bike-park-finds-a-home-on-ne-82nd-ave-62377#comment-2200877 davemess Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:25:53 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=62377#comment-2200877 At Ray's (in Cleveland) most people have a "park" bike, so they just keep it at the facility. Of course their winters are way worse than ours and less people are bike commuting anyway, so who knows how many people will commute to this park. At Ray's (in Cleveland) most people have a "park" bike, so they just keep it at the facility. Of course their winters are way worse than ours and less people are bike commuting anyway, so who knows how many people will commute to this park.

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