One word: AWESOME!!!! Oh man, soooooooo coooooool 🙂 Had sooooooo much fun riding in that park!!!!! My first time in a Bikepark… and it was just AWESOME ;-)…
Great flow, speedy trails, awesome to ride…
The Signalisation for the trails is the same as for skiing… So blue for beginners, red – intermediate, black – expert, yellow – race track for pro’s…
Started out with the medium trail…. Everything in there… Small jumps, rocky parts, roots, everything the bike heart needs :-)…
Cry D’Er, the top station is on 2267 m, Crans Montana on 1467 m… So 800 hm single trail for each run :-)…
The black trail was of course more challenging… Very steep parts, tight corners, roots, big rocks, jumps… The first time I took it easy to inspect and get to know the trail… Second time was much more “flowy”, rode it all the way without stepping down 🙂 But my arms felt like butter when I was at the bottom 😉 At some parts the heart was pumping a little bit faster but great experience and now I’m just totally infected 😉 If I would have lots of extra money I would buy a downhillbike right away 😉 With at least 200m travel under my bottom… 😉
4 times the red trail…, twice the black trail… If you ever have the chance and are around that area – GO THERE!!!! The infrastructure is great, everything is put on for downhill-bikers… Kona Bike Station at the bottom, Bike wash… Bike park… Lots of trails…
And it wasn’t crowded at all… Just saw some guys riding down when I was sitting in the cable-car…
Found some videos from the trails on youtube… Worth to watch 🙂
http://www.konabikeparks.com/ (Have a look at the Bikepark Playlist section on Kona TV)
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