With not much else to do, I’ve been thinking about the bridges Falls Area SingleTrack (FAST) installed last fall in Leaders Park. Using donated steel trusses and some creative thinking, they are in place. The caveat is the deck is approximately 35 ½ inches higher than the adjacent ground. In order to use the donated trusses, they needed to be like this.
Now, how does a roller get on them and off them? Well, I’ve been thinking about this. The trails are one-way traffic for bikes. This means we could have a ramp to get up and on the bridge deck. However, we wouldn’t necessarily need a ramp to get down and off the other side.
My thought is a ramp on the left-hand (approach) side. My other thought is stairs on the right-hand (departure) side. A dude could roll up, roll across the bridge and then either, a) get off and walk the bike down (no fun), b) ride the stairs down (more fun), or c) launch off the bridge (there we go!).
I’m kind of liking the idea of ramp up and stairs down. It would cost a bit more for materials, but the end result might be better. At least the potential fun factor is there.
There are two (2) bridges. They are essentially identical. We could ramp up and down on one (1) but ramp up and stairs down on the other. Variety – the spice of life!
If you have any ideas, by all means, toss them this way. Nothing is set yet.
Ride On.
2 comments:
I like the stairs down idea, might also help underscore the one way nature of the trail.
I wasn't going to post this, but there was this Atherton clan video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SbDNkSKl8w&feature=channel *Red bull is gross BTW.
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