This Wed, I indoctrinated my redhead to one of my favorite local places to ride to. THis is City Park, aka Emma Long motorcycle park - a dedicated offroad motorcycle park only that's inside Austin City Limits (13 minutes from my house).
The general public can't walk, or hike out at this park, can't bring pets out there, can't ride any ATV, can't camp, can't do squat...just ride your offroad motorcycle and mountain/racing bicycles only.
One should be a solid "B" level dirt rider to ride out there - not for beginners.. It's mostly 1st and 2nd gear technical limestone stairsteps and drop offs. A 6 mile loop typically takes a B rider 45 minutes.
Thus this place is ideally suited for a dirt bike that weighs 150 lbs or less, and has alot of grunt right off the throttle. That's one reason why I keep a trials bike around... just to ride city park.
So, every WEDNESDAY afternoon until 10pm, I can be found at City Park. The Trials Club members come out there religously, and the guys who race enduros, they also come out on Wed. to ride the main loop. After sunset, we all stick around and chew the fat until 10pm.
On weekends, it's packed w/ not only trials and enduro riders, but some of the very best mountain bike riders/race amateurs/Lance Armstrong even (but not no more after confessing on Oprah).
TUESDAY NIGHT is Doc's watering hole...which I'll post up next...stay tuned.
The general public can't walk, or hike out at this park, can't bring pets out there, can't ride any ATV, can't camp, can't do squat...just ride your offroad motorcycle and mountain/racing bicycles only.
One should be a solid "B" level dirt rider to ride out there - not for beginners.. It's mostly 1st and 2nd gear technical limestone stairsteps and drop offs. A 6 mile loop typically takes a B rider 45 minutes.
Thus this place is ideally suited for a dirt bike that weighs 150 lbs or less, and has alot of grunt right off the throttle. That's one reason why I keep a trials bike around... just to ride city park.
So, every WEDNESDAY afternoon until 10pm, I can be found at City Park. The Trials Club members come out there religously, and the guys who race enduros, they also come out on Wed. to ride the main loop. After sunset, we all stick around and chew the fat until 10pm.
On weekends, it's packed w/ not only trials and enduro riders, but some of the very best mountain bike riders/race amateurs/Lance Armstrong even (but not no more after confessing on Oprah).
TUESDAY NIGHT is Doc's watering hole...which I'll post up next...stay tuned.
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