“chip board” costs about $5-6 for a sheet of 1/4 in Queerbec, I use it for cheap walls that I don’t want a punker to punch through, yet am too cheap to pay $15 for a sheet of 3/8 plywood, this is the only use I have found for the stuff

the 2nd and more important thing I have learned is this, invest that extra $$$ into the templates of your ramps, studs (i.e. tons of 2x6s) and your layering wood of the ramp surface…..

perfect examples of this are the large vert wall at HQ, which needs to be rebuilt this summer, or the 6′ 1/4 pipe we re-built last November…. remember how soft that sucker was???? and that was with a rebuild/re-enforcement already

now ride that breast, bomb/zombie proof, as are the 2 new 1/4′s we built since, the box jump, spine, all our ramps in fact….

That extra $3 for a sheet of plywood, as apposed to “chip board” will save you sooooo much $$$ in the long run, between rebuild costs, and down time and loss of income due to rebuilds……

But what do I know, it’s not like I run a successful bike park, or know anything about construction…..
I build flight simulators for a living…..
and after re-reading this post, I’ve realized I’m also a JERK!!!!

secondly Lando is not saying that it is impossible to throw on a brake (though for some it may be), or that it is pointless to do so in order to ride the park. But consider for one second the number of kids that ride brakeless – the number of cheap ass, lazy kids (perhaps myyself included) – that don’t own a set of working brakes and could not be bothered to throw a set on. ‘Course, for us in ottawa the distance weighs in on the negativity, but that doesn’t imply that this criticism is unwarrented. seriously, i can count the number of riders i know with brakes on my two hands.

plus, chip board might work for a few months but give it a year and they’ll have to replace all the wood in the park…

at the same time i’m not opposed to it and if i could find some brake parts i’d throw on my old ones to giver if i was in the area.

So my criticism remains, i’m not the only one around who feels this way, so think of how much potential revenue this park is missing out on by discriminating brakeless riders.

I will definitely be making a trip to ride this park sooner rather than later, because I doubt it will be around too long.

You might want to put one on and go there and see how much fun you’ll have.

But ya for you guys to travel and go through the hassle it doesn’t make sense at all, for me it’s the closest park that doesn’t require me removing parts from my bike (pegs).

But even if I did, I wouldn’t want to rig it up just to ride that place. Looks good, just not THAT good though. It’s not worth it for me anyway.

I can happily go elsewhere is my point.

Money loss.

Also, do they kick people out if their brake cable snaps?

I have a hard time believing its an insurance thing. Seems a bit much to think that the insurance company actually stipulates in the agreement that bikes are allowed but only with brakes, but includes brakes attached to strange parts of your bike. seems bogus. I may be wrong, it wouldn’t be the first time. But I’m curious to read that agreement.

However my current forks don’t have that hole so you could be in the same boat… I know some people tried zip tying brakes to their frame to mimick workability but I am pretty sure got shot down.

Otherwise, the place looks like fun. Fun desgin and good looking trannies.