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Highbridge Park Trails Mountain Bike Trail
New York City, New York
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
4 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 10/24/08 by kevinoriol |
Difficulty:  Advanced |
| Length: 3 miles | Global Rank: #2164 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 13 | Wishlist: 6 |
| Avg. Speed: 4.06 mph | Avg. Time: 0hr 30min |
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Description: Highbridge confounds expectations. With everything from smooth cruisers to wickedly technical "east coast gnar." The trails provide a small entertaining subsample of the regions trails, all within the confines of the densest metropolitan area in North America- New York City! In addition to the XC trails, Highbridge also features a freeride trail, designed and built in conjunction with pro rider Jim Dellavalle and the Brooklyn Bike Riders and a dirt jump park, designed and built by IMBA Trailsolutions with current and former pro riders Judd Devall, Jeff Lenosky and Kyle Ebbett. While the XC trails are a bit short to ride as a destination, they're perfect for city residents and visitors looking for a local spin. Check out www.nycmtb.org.
added on October 16, 2008 by guest
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Description: Highbridge confounds expectations. With everything from smooth cruisers to wickedly technical "east coast gnar." The trails provide a small entertaining subsample of the regions trails, all within the confines of the densest metropolitan area in North America- New York City! In addition to the XC trails, Highbridge also features a freeride trail, designed and built in conjunction with pro rider Jim Dellavalle and the Brooklyn Bike Riders and a dirt jump park, designed and built by IMBA Trailsolutions with current and former pro riders Judd Devall, Jeff Lenosky and Kyle Ebbett. While the XC trails are a bit short to ride as a destination, they're perfect for city residents and visitors looking for a local spin. Check out www.nycmtb.org.
added on October 16, 2008 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by bikeit420 on November 21, 2010
Tough technical trail. Short but tough.
Similar Trail: Stillwell Woods, Sprain Ridge
reviewed by PK1 on August 7, 2010
Fun for being in NYC but much better trails a 30 minute drive away. Dirt jump park was real nice. Trails themselves littered and not marked well. Some fun sections, many more that were just meh. It's basically an unbuildable ridge so they left trees there and made trails. Worth riding to if you live there or are into dirt jumps. Very small.
reviewed by meta55 on October 5, 2009
rode this trail today for the first time and had a great time. as the other reviewer mentioned, some tough technical terrain but a ton of fun... as for people in the bush, I thought I'd get lucky on a Monday afternoon only to find two denizens in an ... intimate ... position not 100 meters from the trail head. In spite of that, though, i had a great ride and will definitely be going back as I live on the UES.
Similar Trail: blue mountain
reviewed by kevinoriol on October 20, 2008
yo yo yo home boy, let me tell you where it's at. This here trail is like New York City itself; bad ass, in your face and unrelenting. You best come correct - with mad skills, a heart of stone and a set of brass balls. The ground can smell your fear and it will eat you alive if your not on point. Only three miles of tread, my brothas and sistas, but it's like riding through a junkyard. Severe drops, impossible rock gardens, the tightest switchbacks, steep climbs, log rides and a few strange looking people hanging out in the brushes (just keep riding). At the top of the park is a dirt jump park built by IMBA but the real deal, belly of the beast is the "Rough Rider" trail - I don't see how anyone can clear it, it's like the 'hood that time forgot, unforgiving and brutal. I gave it a 3 rating because it was not fun, it was like a gang beat down. Beware, only for the toughest.
Similar Trail: Ringwood in NJ and Grafton in Troy - nothing else is as technical.
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