For our 4th and final installment, we find ourselves at the end of our journey and in Newark, Delware. Why, of all places, would we choose to film a mountain bike segment in one of the flattest states in the union? Because trail love exists everywhere; sometimes ya have mountains and sometimes ya don't. What Delaware lacks in vertical diversity it more than makes up for with delicious and flowy trail systems. White Clay Creek State Park and Middle Run County Park adjoin to create some of the fastest and most scenic trail networks in the mid-Atlantic. This setting would prove to be perfect for our homage to the east coast community as we invited a number of riders to be a part of our final day of production and the final episode of the series.
Seamus Powell, Cam Nyguist, Gerry Creighton, several of the Trail Spinners showed up to shred as well as return visits from Paul Dotsenko, Matt Miller and Brice Shirbach. Episode 4 starts in Delaware and finishes with a bit of everything; all of the sunsets, final rides and high-fives from throughout the series. There's a prevailing message throughout and it's at it's most poignant here. Bikes are awesome and regardless of your skill-set or the terrain you're on, they're best enjoyed in the company of others. And like any good day on a bike with friends, we cap things off around a fire pit with some tacos, a few beers and plenty of stories. Now go ride your bike...and don't forget to smile.
agreed, the fire intro scene is really the worst thing. Rocky, techy riding in the east is unique, but watching some guy do 4mph around jungle on his 29er is going to look ghey on film.
I'll probably check out these newark trails just bc my gf's parents live kind of near there and it'll be an excuse to sneak out.
The funny things about this vid is that quite a bit of the footage is not even of the trail system in Newark. The more I write the more disappointed I become. This vid does not do the trail system justice.
Locally there is almost nothing, and 45 minutes away there is good flow, but the Man tears down or nerfs all the features. I was pretty down on the local scene until I saw what there is in Oneonta just an hour away. Instead of riding the pitiful local stuff all season and wishing i could make a big trip west, I should make a lot of small trips. Maybe a 2 day trip to DE, or Reading.
We east coasters could stand to visit each other and ride each other's terrain now and then.
You guys who feel threatened don't get it. No one is ragging on the west. We know our trails don't compare. There is no such thing as an hour of straight descent here. We don't have the altitude change for it. These videos don't focus on terrain. If they did there would be more stuff from Highland, Skytop (syracuse), and a bunch of other places. Plus they would have shown the bigger stuff in Reading and Mountain Creek. No, this video is about encouraging us in the Northeast to get together and enjoy each other's trails.
Out west it is normal to take long trips. Your commute to work is often over an hour. Here 45 minutes is considered a long commute. We don't get around as much so a video encouraging us to enjoy what we have is not slight on you, but some encouragement for us. You have a vibrant bicycle community out west. This series tries to build the same in the northeast.
Climbs , jumps , super flowy sections , it really is an all in one place
.....who's stopping you?