Berm Park is currently dormant and if you couldn't tell it's probably not all that rideable right now
but this spring it's going to be a very different story because we finally have a grand opening date
april 23 2022
you don't need to sign up you don't need to register it's a free public park that
means that after grand opening you can just show up with your bike and ride it best of
all i've got more to show you today in the last video we rode Clickbait trail this is
the longest trail at Berm Park and was paid for entirely by members of this audience on Patreon
Clickbait is rated a black diamond due to its speed and amplitude
and it has some pretty impressive wooden features this will make it a very popular trail sure to be
shared on social media a lot hence the name clickbait but for a certain subset of riders
we built something extra when you get near the end of Clickbait there's this wooden on off bridge
that's where the split happens you can continue over the bridge and ride the last few table tops
on clickbait or you can make a right and roll the dice that's the name of Berm Park's double black
diamond trail and it was paid for by Competitive Cyclist having been a partner of this channel now
for quite some time Competitive Cyclist was on board with Berm Park almost immediately everyone
who works there rides bikes between Competitive Cyclist elevated trail design and myself we came
up with a relatively short run that packs a big punch let's start off with the wall rides
now we've built a couple of wall rides on this channel
and you may have noticed that I always approach from the right and ride left
even on my wooden berm I do this and it's no coincidence that they were all built this
way because the left is my dominant direction just like you might have a hand you prefer to
write with riders develop a dominant direction they'll shred berms better in that direction
spin in that direction and have a dominant foot they like keeping forward while coasting
while I do let this bias bleed through on my own trails
berm park is for everyone so we built two wall rides one in each direction
now with a little practice you can learn to ride both ways but if you don't you can just
ride around the wall you aren't comfortable with and send the other one as far as you want
pretty merciful for a double black diamonds but we're not out to prove anything except
that people like fun trails each wall ride has plenty of space on it so you can ride as high
or low as you please and a nice forgiving landing so you can come up short or send it deep
connecting the two wall rides are two very satisfying berms with a nice hump
in the middle so you can pump scrub or pedal depending on who you're trying to keep up with
when we were testing the trail it was possible to start pedaling from the on off bridge
which of course would be a very bad idea when the trail is actually open
but my point is you don't need much speed to hit the first wall ride still as features come wall
rides require a healthy dose of bike wrangling so we wanted to make the next feature effortless
enter the cannon some people call it something else this one's awesome it literally shoots you
out of the woods and viewed from the climbing trail that's exactly what it looks like
you don't need all that much speed for the cannon and because it's a step down it gives you back
tons of speed for the two tables that come after it that's five hits in one short section of trail
and indeed it ends lower on the climbing road than any other trail in the park if you want to
ride the longest run at Berm Park it's Clickbait into roll the dice let's see what that looks like
i hope you're as excited as I am for Berm Park's grand opening
I know april seems like centuries from now but we're actually less than three months away
between now and then elevated trail design will be on-site finishing up other parts of the project
and I actually have more stuff to show you before opening if you want to support Berm Park's future
upgrades and maintenance you can follow the link below to join our Patreon and if you want
to support the company that paid for this trail Competitive Cyclist follow that link where you'll
find tons of products and knowledgeable gear heads were happy to help you with your purchase
thanks for riding with me today and i'll see you next time
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