Why cities build MTB parks, and how to convince yours | Coler in Bentonville, AR
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2018
- Public bike parks are a thing, and have been for quite some time. Today we take a look at Coler Mountain Bike Preserve in Bentonville, AR and how it benefits the community. We also discuss some reasons why your city should build a bike park, and how you might be able to convince them.
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That would be nice
I'm already sending an email to my city council. Thanks for making this awesome video. Because of you we might get some more amazing trails here in Vernon B.C that don't make you have to pay for a 60$ lift ticket at the downhill park.
Thanks
Im going to build a trail section near Minneapolis cause we are lacking trails
Hey Seth!! I really think Asheville could be a great fit for this idea. Since our area is already a well rounded mountain bike area, I think this could be a great idea for Asheville. Also you live here and you could be the front runner to help encourage this idea, especially having amazing evidence. You are also able to go all over our country seeing the impact of the mtb community.
You litterly just did my whole school project. Thanks and I hope you don’t mind that I used your trail food analogy as my opening statement.
Cameron Newbold 😂😂😂
Wow
I hope you used spell-check before submitting it.
@@---GOD--- wait are you really god?
Roston Nordell are you stupid?
ofcourse he is
My geography teacher recently became city mayor. The good thing is he's a mountain biker, so there's a really good chance some trails will pop up in a year or two. We already have 2 shops - 1 for regular cyclists and one mtb shop. 3 trails already exist here, but they're pretty old and old trails are known for going straight down, which doesn't yield a lot of distance. Our teacher even said once that he'd want to build a pumptrack or bmx park, and that could evolve into some trails too.
Wow, that's so awesome!
Show him this video it might help him to put it into words for the other city officials why it makes economic sense
What city
Anything?
alright class who can find whistler on a map
Cities/towns are starting to realize just how much tourism a trail system brings and.......................money talks!!! Hopefully, a sign of things to come in a city/town near you. Nicely done video, Seth 👍
Our city of 40 000 people (Vernon B.C. , Canada) just spent $70 000 on a new bike skills park right in the heart of the city. I was built on park land that was known for vagerents and drug use. It's now great to see the land being used for something good. Tot, Intermediate and advanced pump tracks were built. Also a climb trail with a flow jump line coming down. Phase 2 dirt jump plans already in the works. We are surrounded by world class mountain bike trails to ride. However some days it's just fun to grab the HT and head to the local pump track for the afternoon.
sweet, i live in penticton we have the exact same shit here...
Steve Ferguson hey bro I live in penticton too but I’m new too the area and would love to rip some trails but I literally don’t know where any of the stuff is could you inform me a bit on where some spots are to ride around here
@@kamikazeozzy2246 down load the app trail forks, youll have trails for years.
Steve Ferguson thanks bro I’ll give it a try
as a vagrant and drug user i resent your elitist athletic lifestyle.
Build it, and they will
Come.
Bentonville every other month. Easiest five hour drive ever.
I love your profile pic 😂
Come back anytime Seth! Planning on sharing this video on twitter to local news stations and city officials in little rock in the hopes of reaching some folks about building pump tracks on land that is no longer used as a quarry.
Thanks for giving Arkansas some much needed and good exposure.
Much love.
Looks like it worked! I saw the new pump track and trails plan for Little Rock a couple weeks ago. Super cool!
PLEASE come to Boise, ID. Thousands of trails within minutes of downtown all professionally built and maintained. It is a perfect example of city built MTB parks and great riding basically in town.
Proud to hear Duthie mentioned. It's such a good park.
Wow! I mean what a master piece! I've been shooting stories for tv for 30 years and too often UA-cam hurts my eyes, ears or brain... But this is brilliant, quality, informative and fun to watch.
Oh my God!!This is what our metro area needs. I can’t even begin to imagine how this would benefit the youth of a community in an otherwise dull city🙏🏼
If you ever come to Arizona make sure to check out Papago park
One of your best videos yet Seth, however, you didn't address the one thing cities are concerned about after money - liability. How is Bentonville able to overcome insurance risks with a gravity park. I'm sure it's a simple answer, but it would've been great to see you cover it! Again, great video!
In most cases it’s actually very hard to sue your city-much harder than a bike park. You’re right that I should have mentioned that. Even if private land is being used it’s protected by recreational use statutes here in the USA.
Also a lot of trail systems usually have warning signs that say "use at own risk" which negates them from liability.
@@SethsBikeHacks Thanks for the response. We've been fighting to keep access open to a trail here in Tucson and have done ok. Problem is, the trail is on state trust land and will eventually be auctioned off. The big fight won't be access, but why that trail should exist at all. We're a ways off from the fight, but it's coming. Videos like this, I hope, will be very helpful with trying to get us a seat at the table with developers.
Assumption of risk is the answer. As long as you know where you're going, what to expect when you get there and rules, signs, etc. are clear, it's hard to sue (and win) if you broke your neck trying a backflip off a roller. I hate to label people in upper-level City positions, but they are typically older and do not share the same excitement for the sport. This video is fantastic and I am considering sending it to my local town.
@@SethsBikeHacks I just mentioned this in a comment above also. I do know that there have been a good number of injuries there. Curious how the stats compare to other public spaces like play grounds, skate parks, ice rinks...even soccer/baseball fields. Any studies on this side of things?
No joke put this video on the homepage for my town on facebook... Lets just say we be GETTING SOME NEW BIKE JUMPS
You and the people you interviewed are doing the lord's work, Seth. Keep it up!!
Seth youre doing so much for mountain biking with these videos its awesome, keep it up.
I can say as for me living here, I really take these trails for granted and I am very blessed and I’m thrilled Seth made a new video here! You explained it very well about what’s going on here in bentonville, nice video 👍🏻
I enjoy your videos and appreciate that my kids can watch them. You continually remind me of why I love biking.
Ive been here I think since 300,000 and I have loved watching your channel grow and spread to such varieties of people in one sport keep up the amazing work
Let's go and convince all cities too.
Gavin Abel yeeee let's do it
Hype
When will you make a detailed vid on the diamondback fat bike???👍🏽🤙🏽
this comment needs more likes, that was promised a while ago haha
Probably when there is snow
You should seth
I had a DB BMX bike in the 80's. Raced all over Wisconsin and also Springfield, IL. I was ALWAYS the first off the gate, but never did very good at the finish. The boys were just too physical for me... ;)
Just get the Farley
I lived in Bentonville last summer while I was an intern at Walmart Headquarters. Coler is one of the places that got me hooked on mountain biking! Amazing place!
I actually started MTB because of this Channel now I cant get enough of it!
Thanka for riding in Arkansas! You are one of my favorite riders to watch and it was so cool to meet you! (I was the giant group you met at coler by fire line. We had the jerseys that said Haas Hall.) Keep up the good work!
Gamerilla Gaming dude I was at Coler right after he left. It’s crazy
Fayetteville haas or Springdale haas down to ride some time
Little Rock and North Little Rock is starting to get better trails too!!
I have great trails just out my back door, but these communities are being so proactive. It definitely makes me want to visit, and light a fire under my city's butts to get creative. We have been dubbed Bike Town USA, but we really need to market it more like these guys. Great video Seth!
Colorado is very fortunate to have great terrain all around!
@@SethsBikeHacks Totally, but they seem to take that for granted, and never build a good infrastructure. I'm not complaining by any means, but seeing what these communities are doing really inspires me to want more here.
Once you travel to WA, OR, AR, or NC and see what those areas are doing with trails you’ll be blown away. Honestly, Colorado sucks when it comes to trails designed for mountain bikes. For the most part we ride on crowded hiking trails :(
@@schloemo I agree, but in our defense in Steamboat, we do have multiple dedicated mountain bike directional trails even outside of Steamboat Bike Park. Watching videos from other states I do see a lot being done, and I wish Colorado towns would take note. I feel lucky that we have a great organization that has been working with forest service here to really develop new trails the right way.
My hometown! Thanks for highlighting our awesome trail systems.
Our city, Florence SC. Is nearing the end of a 3 year process to turn about 100 acres of unused city land into a run ride park. As bikers we were able to help the city with some of their goals to increase the green space in the city and promote healthy life styles. We were able to jump into some other programs aimed at reducing obesity and diabetes and helped the city write a RTP grant with the help of IMBA reps. The project is out to bid now on building the trails and hopefully we will be riding 3-5 miles of pro built trails late spring with the possibility to add more. Its not an over night process but as the project has gone on we have gained more and more support. A local brewery has a beer on tap that part of each sale is going to a fund for the park.
At 5:31, that red ram truck next the the truck with the race face tailgate pad was ours
MrBarfy hope you had fun! I volunteer to maintain part of the back 40. OzTrails are just amazing!
Ranger54 it was great. Even though cease and desist was closed I still loved fire line
MrBarfy nice
I live in Tulsa and North West Arkansas has so much to ride its nuts
Seth, thanks for highlighting my local area. It’s such a rad thing to see how much is booming up here.
I’ve been watching your videos for almost 3 years now keep up the good work
43 minutes until the premiere is enough time for another lap on the trail, right? 😉
Okay, maybe a really quick lap, like Phill Kmetz quick.
Darn gonna have to watch in the morning
aaaagh Seth these are so awesome! videos been on point af, looking forward to more!
im from the uk and want to get back into mountain biking after 7 years, your videos have inspired me and made me excited to get back out there. thankyou seth
Love all your vids after i saw your brem creek vids i went in my woods and started making a trail iam making a youtube series on it to
Awesome video! Now to convince my city!
Exactly that is my problem.
What an awesome video!!! Thanks for creating and passing the valuable information. 👍👍👍
Born and raised in Bentonville. Gary and his wife used to go to my church and never knew how much of a role he had in the trail system. Literally the BEST place to live if you’re into MTB. Slaughter Pen, The Railyard, EXTENSIVE system of MILES AND MILES of paved trails with cutouts to go down some dirt, College town 30 minutes away, it’s just amazing.
I’ve lived in Bentonville for 13 years and it’s crazy to see how the trails and the community have progressed over the years. Love this town.
Imagine if walmart started selling high quality bikes, that would be cool.
Tarantula Fingers but you can get a high quality bike from a bike store
@@sourone5033 Yes but there are walmarts everywhere.
@@Sup3rBadAss support mom and pop stores as much as you can. Walmart sucks
Tarantula Fingers I could them selling things like Marin hawk hills
@@ilovemotocicleta people shit on Walmart and big box bikes a lot but the truth is a lot of MTB enthusiasts started off with those cheap bikes. It's an excellent way to introduce people to the sport and I hope they don't stop selling cheap bikes.
Seth this is fantastic!!! Thanks! Going to the major developers and City and planning departments with your video !!!!
This is the only channel which I can't forward ⏩ coz it isn't boring nice work seth👍😇 from kenya with love 👍💪
Hi Seth I have been trying to convince our local small town ski mountain to build bike trails for the summer
They can’t because our city government kinda sucks
However I think this video plus the fact we just elected a new government official may be what I need to finally convince granby to except bike culture and finally make a place for people to ride so they can stop illegally riding on animal reserves
Love your videos and I hope this video helps
Thanks
I patched my tire with flex tape
Angel Gomez Did it hold?😂
Wait actually? I tore my brand new tires side wall the other day and was pissed so let me no if it holds
Ya it hold pretty good
Angel Gomez held
Phil swift approves
Live an hour from bentonville. Great trail riding and lots of bmx parks/tracks to keep you busy. So great to see the community building these things so close to home
I’d been to Bentonville a dozen times with time on my hands to ride but had no idea all this existed. Then I heard about it, got back, and rented a bike for the day. WOW! Anything you’d want is there. Ridiculously well marked and maintained. Nearly gave myself heat stroke this summer ‘cause I didn’t want it to end😂
Seth this was a grate video and iam a huge fan but unfortunatly i dont live in america so it doesnt work like that here in irleand but youre burm creek build inspierd me to build a track by myself thank you seth
I just go to highland and I live in Massachusetts so it’s not to far from me and I love it
Love that place!
Seth’s Bike Hacks I never thought of going to a “big” bike park but then I did and I improved a lot more than I did riding smaller easier trails. I also want to say that I love your videos and you are so entertaining and useful 👍.
Just got a job in Bentonville and moved here this week! The trails and atmosphere of this town is amazing! It is something that needs to spread everywhere!
Communities that have been all but forgotten due to industry jobs being farmed out overseas can benefit from embracing mountain bike culture is a huge way. As you mentioned, mountain bikers travel, buy food, gas, lodging, etc. I've seen a few towns that within one year of building even a humble trails system have a major economic boom, leading to more trails, leading to more money for the city. It's a beautiful thing! Awesome vide Seth, you totally smeeeeshed it!
U should use leftover rocks from berm creek to make a rock garden a round goodman's ledge
It's dumping in Bellingham so this is my substitute for a ride.
I guess the rain should be stopping in about....May?
Maybe August
Same in Eugene, just put the shorty back on in the front
Seth look what your channel has become. This is a great collaboration!!
Great video as always, Seth. The important takeaway is that even if you don't have Walton family type money, you can still build trail in your town if you're willing to put in the effort.
Here in Kansas City where I live, volunteers have built over 230 miles of singletrack over the past 20 years in various city and county parks. We may not have the topography for gravity trails, but our volunteers have done some amazing things for a metro area of over two million. It all starts with a dedicated group of people willing to deal with local government and dig!
Because of you, I'm considering getting a mountain bike, specifically a Trek
May I suggest a Fuel EX 7? Great bang for the buck! I challenge you to find a better bike for less.
Kent Cruse YT Capra
That would be my 2nd choice!
@@kentcruse4969 YT Capra or Commencial are really good brands, i'd suggest you start off with a trail bike.
Live in the small south Jersey town of Delran with no mountains or elevation changes, and little open space. Who cares though! Im still gonna make it happen! Strings will be pulled, but if I dont do it, then who will?!
Great to have you in our part of the world.. I live in between Hot Springs and Bentonville, so many of the small towns in between have recieved large grants and small public funds to build tail systems. This includes towns with just a few thousand residents. Beyond excited to see other areas around the country adopt some of these practices!! No other community would I rather support than the bike community! "Invest in what makes you happy and healthy"
Thanks for all the good content and you are my favorite UA-camr
No need for me to convince my town I live in Bentonville and it is the best
Bass Breaker ... just left your awesome town and Outerbike ... the awesome trails, I was ready for. What I didn’t expect was the awesome people in NWA. The whole town considered us there guests and were glad we were there. The most awesome bike trip I’ve ever been on. The trails were unbelievable but the people made me want to stay. I catch myself staring at the wall at work.... smiling...
Can’t wait to come back.
(My ‘home trail’ is Mt Zion in Brookhaven, MS. #21 in USA according to Singletracks, so we do know a little about building and maintaining good trail)
That’s great I hope you come again!
Johnny Smith I’ve met people from all over since my back yard has blowing springs loop within a few yards. They just built 8 mountainbiker condos with bike wash and repair stations, huge community fire pit and frontage right to blowing springs loop. It’s amazing, I love going down to blowing springs at night a sharing a beer with visitors. We just got another 40 miles approved just in Bella vista. I grew up racing, but had to travel to ride, practice and race. Now coler is 600 yards from my parents house and I’m 100ft from 9 miles of premium single track. We have free beer at some bike shops too. I love the events we get. Met a few dudes from Austin Texas at outerbike that I wish I could’ve stayed in touch with. I was coming off a long injury with no ride time and they smoked me on the bush push! It was just so rad tho!
Ranger54 gonna have to come check out the MTB condos ... that’s the dream life ...
Mtb and lacrosse is where it’s at in Bentonville I’m a local aswell
Saw it already bc I’m a patron
Thanks for posting this! Myself and a few other individuals in my small town have been trying to get our trail systems sanctioned and supported now for years, This video springs in a few new ideas for us to use! Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks Seth for having the chat it was really nice chatting with you,
Nooooooooo! I cant view it yet!
Im back 8 hours later to watch!
I live in a small town Of 8,000 soon don't think this is possible
Your town could benefit the most!
Darrington wa
Medfield MA
Got about 2000 in my town
All you need is a few guys with some tools and permission to have at it!
awesome video Seth! i moved here almost 4 years ago from CO and was worried there would be no biking. I was pleasantly surprised. It is great to see you sharing the community of biking. The more people on the trails the better!
I live in Oklahoma and recently have got into mountain biking and love it!! So I think I’m taking a round trip Arkansas to check this park out! I also love this channel and have been watching videos every day until I watch them all.
Can we help make one in Asheville?
Is Seth still alive or cuz he hasn't uploaded for a week+
Game Play I know it’s realy annoying
No joke man was thinking the same thing this is one of my favorite channels It’s like he is putting out less and less content one video a week is good when it’s like 15 20 min video but these 5 min videos are getting old quick plus I can’t even remember his last true riding video was i see his channel losing subs if this keeps up
Matt Gates he needs to have pre recorded videos because if he can’t ride then he will lose subs without pre recorded videos
Before I moved we had a pump track in our yard and everyone that rode with us loved it.
Cool video! I grew up in Bentonville and rode the Coler Trail when it was a deer path. Visited the folks recently and got to ride Slaughter Pen...it's freaking awesome! I can't believe my hometown in Arkansas has such cool trails.
Please do a “How to MTB in Cold Weather” please my dad and i just got into and we want to know how to mountain bike in cold weather
Like if you agree
Why do people do premieres? They make you excited and then lead to disappointment. Oh well. At 9:00, I will have a nice new video to watch
Its starts at 1 am for me
he does it for views
@@coleroyer2494 Premieres get less views as far as I can tell, and a lot more dislikes
@@SethsBikeHacks don't take this the wrong way but why do people do them
Fam I’m doing it at 1am and not conplaining so stfu and support seth
I am lucky to be an hour away from these trails. I encourage everyone to go out and ride them. Coler, Slaughterpen, The Back Forty, and morr are all close together. This is a MTB wonderland. Happy to see it getting some love from someone like Seth.
This video is just what I needed at this moment! Thanks
weird flex but okay
*_-y e s-_*
Linguini! Yall heard of feetus deletus but now its time for baby rapey
@@itsMelonPVP 😂😂 no i have not sir
@Zach ???
@Zach What?
seth can you please unblock me so i can chat i am not spamming again i was just excited
You aren't blocked
Hyped that i know when the videos coming out now, Seths bike hacks always improves my day.
The first episode was so good. I will watch after popping my popcorn!
Please stop this premiere stuff
The point of premieres is not to make you wait for the video, it's to kill time while the video processes. If I posted it now, you would see it in 360P and probably leave a comment about it.
@@SethsBikeHacks no as a true fan i´d watch it in 360p :D
@@SethsBikeHacks can't you just hide the video till it's been de-potatoed? another channel found it really hurts viewcounts in the first couple of days
@@jamble7k That's what I normally do, but this time I'm trying out premieres to see what it's all about.
Na I like it
I hate these premier feature
👍agree 👎disagree
CHEESUS SLICE I definitely don’t like it
Agreeed
When a video gets uploaded, it takes a few hours to process. Instead of keeping it a secret and posting it when it's done processing, I schedule a time and do a premiere. What's wrong with that? You're getting the video at the same time as you would.
Disagree Seth has a point
Seth's Bike Hacks i suppose it boils down to the basis of our society, instant gratification the “ I want it now mentality.”
Never disappoints!
Always a great video!
I am so grateful to have a dirt jump track within 3 minutes biking distance of my house!
I've been waiting for this all week
I'm out building almost everyday with my buddy, we are working on creating the same thing. Someday's it feels impossible, but it's inspiring to see it happen in other places! Thanks Seth, it's the little things that keep us going
Thanks for creating this promotional video, just what I was looking for to show the city developer.
Ever since I started watching this channel mountain biking has become a obsession
Thank you Seth! I live in the Twin Cities of MN and I have some awesome spots to build trails around my home, but I never really knew how to get started. This video was such a big help thank you!
Guys you are very lucky that u leave in USA .At Greece we don't have absolutely nothing like this.I do xc and I have to climb 30 kilometers to reach trail.We don't even have bmx parks.Greece doesn't support bikers whatever kind of them are.Greece just doesn't care about us.I watch your videos every day and I every day I hope to be there .U helped me soo much to improve my skills and I have a dream to go to USA and be an all time mountain biker
That is so cool. I really hope that study holds its own because it is so impressive.
Love this segment as usual. Great job !
Seth this was amazing. There's an existing trail right in my neighborhood that i was planning on fixing and maybe adding some small features for my eagle scout project and this gave me some great pointers and tips to share with the officials, thanks again and happy riding man!
Absolute love your vids have been watching since 63k keep up the amazing Work!
Thanks I will try to do this you have been a big impact in my MTB skills and hacks keep shredding man your videos are sick
I’d never thought I’d say this but I’m going to vacation in Arkansas and it’s all thanks to you Seth.
I’m so lucky to have moved here almost 13 years ago as all this was getting started. I love living in Bentonville!!! Hope to see you here again soon.
Yay! Thanks Seth just made my day better! 😆
This is so much help I live in Franklin Tennessee and there are almost no public trails there have been adds for it but this could really help!!!
Wow Seth! Great Video! You did a great job of presenting the information on why bike parks are beneficial. I think this content will be very beneficial and inspirational to other mountain bike enthusiasts out there who want to convince their cities to build some trails. Great work!