BUT... the race was held on our first crappy snow/sleet/muddy day of the year. And they ran the course thru pretty much all of the jumps at the Lyons Bike Park. Needless to say, 1600 people clawing their way up slick and muddy dirt jumps decimated the bike park.
I passed this info along to Park and Rec, hoping they would seek some action from the Devil Dash promotors. Having not heard anything back from P&R and getting frustrated every time I so much as rode by the park, I decided to email the promoters directly. Here is my email and their response. Let us hope for a quick turnaround.
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MY EMAIL:
Hi Devil Dash folks. First off,
thanks for bringing such a cool event to Lyons. Sounds like it went well, was well
attended, and lots of folks had fun.
I run a bike shop here in Lyons and have to admit I
was a little dismayed to see that you chose to run your course thru our bike
park in muddy conditions. The bike park has been rendered unrideable and is
completely decimated. Literally hundreds of man hours went into perfecting and
sculpting all of the jumps in the park. The bike park has been a great asset
for local riders and kids in the area and has also been valuable for bringing in
visitors to the town. It is sad to see this resource in its current condition.
To get the park to the condition it was in before the Devil Dash is going to
take a lot of time, a lot of effort, and some heavy equipment
rental.
What are your plans to repair the
bike park to its state before Devil Dash?
I have copied Dave Cosgrove, head of
Parks and Rec on this email.
THEIR REPLY:
We apologize for the condition of the track after our race. We started the
day thinking we would be OK with the weather. We had waves of racers every 30
minutes and the weather held out for the first several waves, but then the rain
came, and we already had racers out by that time.
We have been working with Dave Cosgrove on the track and the best way to
proceed in order to get it repaired. We certainly will make sure that we can get
it back into the condition it was before the race, and will follow Dave
Cosgrov's lead on the best way to proceed.
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I will try to keep everyone updated of the progress.
2 comments:
Any word back on thgis yet, Dave?
Those who choose to go for heavy equipment rental services end up saving a lot more money in the long run.
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