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Archive for the category: 'Chilliwack'
Posted on 9th August 2007 / Category: Chilliwack, Photos, Multimedia / Author:Steve
Westside DJ has improved again.
FVMBA would like to thank all those that have helped out with the construction of a new, larger starting hill. An original expectation of 30 lok blocks and 2 days of labour turned out to be 50 blocks, 4 days, and 10 huge truckloads of topsoil.
Next up is a safety rail, and the construction of a bigger set to make the current big set look small.
We’re thinking of putting on another big jam this fall, so keep an eye out.
Special thanks go out to…
- Mike Boughner and Lafarge
- Eric Anderson of Mission
- Little Mountain Mike’s dad for the topsoil
- And all of the others — you know who you are.
We’ve got plans for something similar in Abbotsford, but no set timeline yet. More pics will come, but for now….. the wall.
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Posted on 26th March 2007 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Tom
Well, the weather gods helped us out with clear skies. We had a great turnout, at least 30 people…some of whom even stayed after lunch and worked until 5. Skidder received some buffing, with the takeoffs of some jumps cribbed in and re-dirted. The new jump we built last time on Hidden pleasures also received some buffing. Further down the trail, we continued with Gerald’s re-route. Things are looking good! (although the dirt does need some time to settle in, so please don’t everybody go and run up there to ride it).
Thanks very much to everyone who came out to help! If you were there, please send me your email address.
Thanks to Jack's Cycle in Chilliwack for providing lunch for our hungry volunteers! Thanks to Wentings' Cycle in Mission for “trail bucks”!
Next big trail day is April 21 on McKee peak (Ledgeview) in Abbotsford, sponsored by Abbotsford's newest bike shop, The Bike Brewery! See you all there!
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Posted on 21st March 2007 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Tom
On Sunday March 25, we’ll be having our first “official” trail maintenance day of 2007. The fine folks at Jack’s Cycle will be providing all the volunteers with free pizza lunch in exchange for all their hard work. We will be continuing the fine work started on Hidden Pleasures.
We’ll be meeting at Jack’s Cycle, located at 45735 Thomas Rd, Vedder Crossing in Chilliwack (beside McDonalds) at 9:30 and then heading over to Vedder shortly thereafter. Don’t worry if your vehicle is not capable of the drive up Vedder, we’ve got lots of trucks and arranging a ride up is no problem!
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Posted on 27th February 2007 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Tom
This past weekend saw a lot of love put back into the trails at Vedder Mountain in Chilliwack. We had a great turnout of volunteers, 6 on Saturday and 14 on Sunday! Some great work was done on “Hidden Pleasures” to re-route the beginning section of the trail. It is now a lot more fun, and more importantly, much more sustainable. Much was done in the way of drainage and grade reversals to keep water from running down the trail, and we’re quite happy with the result. Work is ongoing further down the trail, if you’re interested in helping send us an email at ride@fvmba.com. Thanks to everyone who came out!
Just a few of the volunteers
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Posted on 25th September 2006 / Category: Chilliwack / Author:Steve
Saturday, Sept 30th
-Open house @ Noon <---updated!!
-Dirt Jump Jam @ 2:00
Come on out to the official grand opening of the Chilliwack Dirt Jump park. We'll have BBQ hot dogs, give away Swag from local Bike shops, hopefully some celebrity riders, and most importantly dirt jumps to ride!!
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Posted on 17th September 2006 / Category: Chilliwack / Author:Steve
(Update at bottom)
If you’re familiar with Chilliwack dirt jumps, you’ll recall that they were flattened a few months ago, much to the disappointment of all local DJers.
Since then, FVMBA has been working with the city of Chilliwack with the goal of creating a sanctioned set of new DJs. Result: The city has provided machinery, dirt, labour and land for a NEW set of jumps.
Construction started this weekend; more finishing is needed, and more jumps will be built - but it’s a start!
We plan on having a formal opening in a couple weeks, but in the mean time….
Have fun!!
Pictures and discussion here. And here.
Update:
The dj park is done!! Featuring a new pump track and a Small BMX track for the little kids, it even has two tabled little djs for the little guys. There is also a rhythm section taking riders back to the starting area.
Already the kids are coming in droves, and most are local; this speaks volumes for the local scene, you just know these guys are gonna rip it up. We are going to decide which weekend for a opening day celebration jam, but probably 2-3 weeks from now.
City will be bringing more garbage cans, a water stand pipe is coming; hopefully with a shed for the tools.
City parks manager was smiling this week as were all the kids and parents.
Come spring we will be bringing a machine to rework it again.
The only set giving up problems is the big set, we may have to put a dropin or pave a runway. But with the water I am sure one weekend the guys will have at her and figure it out.
Already the area has had a couple of really fun things added, like a quarter pipe out of dirt and a couple of sweet transfer lines between the jumps. More communities need to look at the ease it took to make something which has had such a great buyin by the locals, and is becoming a destination to the kids to go and rip it up.
We’ll try to get more pics up soon.
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Posted on 16th July 2006 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Steve
FVMBA Vedder mountain trail day went off as planned July 9th. A small, but dedicated group worked primarily on Dilemma, mostly putting dirt on takeoffs and trannys. Fixed a few problem holes also. We also deactivated two reroutes on Hidden Pleasures that were causing erosion and were eye sores.
Thanks to all that turned out.
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Posted on 13th June 2006 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Sumas, Vedder Mountain / Author:Steve
Next scheduled trail days are:
Sumas - July 9th. More detail to come
Vedder: Dilemma. Date to be announced.
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Posted on 13th June 2006 / Category: Chilliwack / Author:Steve
If you ride in Chilliwack, you may know that the dirt jumps have been plowed under. However - enough people made the right calls so that now the city is interested in rebuilding a sanctioned dirt jump park.
FVMBA is heavily involved in this endeavour and construction is underway!!
Chilliwack Times Article
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Posted on 29th April 2006 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Steve
Vedder Mountain Trails Association members representing Fraser Valley Mountain Bike Association, Back Country Horseman of BC, Vedder Running Club, Pacific Northwest Motorcycle Associatian, and Chilliwack Outdoor Club cooperated to make the April 9 cleanup day organized by FVMBA reps a complete success.
Individuals from these groups lent more than 700 man-hours of volunteer labour to the effort. This mammoth effort yeilded 2.7 metric tonnes of garbage that did not include metal, tires and other recyclables.
While it is discouraging that we need to continue to bust our humps keeping our playground pristine, the amount of enthusiam applied to this problem was overwhelming. Thank yous must be extended to our local Ministry of Tourism, Sport and Arts recreation representative Brian Radke who generously supplied funding for the dumpsters and landfill fees for a second year. Harvey Adrian from MacDonald's supplied coupons, and Jack's Cycles supplied food, barbequing skills and some swag. There were many, many others that helped in significant ways. You know who you are and your efforts are appreciated.
VMTA past-president Mark Steinebach enjoys the now clean & tidy trails of Vedder Mountain
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