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Neo Jang November 17, 2023

Bike Park is coming to Aggieland!

A mapview showing the Southeast Park on Rock Prairie Road
Satellite view of Southeast Park on Rock Prairie road East. (Nov. 2023)

How it began

  • August 24, 2023: College Station City Council discontinues Texas Independence Ballpark project – The Eagle (PDF)
    • Due to soil deficiencies discovered at the site, constructing large paved surfaces, such as parking lots, is not practically or financially feasible.
  • October 25, 2023: First presentation to the City Council. Kim spoke for the middle- and high school MTB team, and having safe spaces to allow more kids on bikes. Her impassioned speech, an act impossible to follow, starts at 16:25 of this video recording. (https://collegestationtx.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3580/media)
Map view of Southeast park and Lick Creek Trail with green scribble lines for possible network of trails
Kim’s history making doodle of trails all across Southeast park and Lick Creek Trail (Oct. 2023)

Where things are now

  • October 30, 2023: Capital Projects held an open house public meeting. Among many great ideas presented, bike park/trails option received a strong support.
  • November 9, 2023: City Council meeting > Capital Projects Update. Site stabilization effort was deemed as an opportunity to quickly put together a prototype pump track/skills park. (Skip to 1:30:30: https://collegestationtx.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3601/media)
  • November 20, 2023: (TBD) a follow-up presentation to the city council is planned, to emphasize that this bike park plan will be for All Ages & Abilities, instead of a niche sport need.
  • December 11, 2023: Capital Projects will update the council with a much broader plan.

Where we could go

Railyard Bike Park in Rogers, AR (Image credit: Arkansas.com)
  • Skills park for all levels: a bike playground for toddlers on balance bikes, and a pump track for intermediate to advanced level riders
  • Accessible by bike: Connect to Lick Creek Hike & Bike trail, as well as multi-use path being built along Rock Prarie Road
  • Integrate with other uses: a dog park, frisbee golf, running trails, and a greater greenspace. Perhaps even a coffee shop in the woods!
Airship Coffee at Coler MTB Preserve is located in the middle of a forest, within a half mile walk/bike from nearest parking lot. (Image credit: visitbentonville.com)

How You can help

  • Reach out and tell us! There are many interest groups already united in this shared vision.
    • College Station Composite Mountain Bike Team (bcsbiketeam.com)
    • Brazos Valley Mountainbike Association (bvmba.net)
    • Trek store College Station (trekbikes.com/us/en_US/retail/college_station)
    • Aggieland Cycling (aggieland-cycling.com)
  • Tell your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers.
  • Talk to the city officials. If you don’t know how, we can help.

Thanks and more soon!

Filed Under: Advocacy, Government Engagement, Just For Fun Tagged With: Beginner, College Station, Cycling, Intermediate, MTB, Social, youth

Don Gilman December 17, 2019

Texas Tri-County Hill Hopper 2020

The upcoming Tri-County Hill Hopper will be Sunday, February 16th, 2020 with day of registration starting at 7am, the ride starting at 9am and that final route sweep beginning at 3pm. Registration is open and can be accessed from the website https://www.tchillhopper.org/ There are four routes available, ample hills and pleasant scenery. The ride starts and ends near Round Top, TX.

Filed Under: fitness, Just For Fun, Rides/Events Tagged With: bicycle, Cycling, race, riding, Texas, Tri-County Hill Hopper 2020

Don Gilman January 15, 2019

Gran Fondo 2019!!

https://www.granfondobcs.com/

Filed Under: Bryan/College Station, fitness, Just For Fun, Rides/Events

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