Do you ride at bike parks, or just trails?

As more local bike parks open featuring jump lines and skills areas, we're curious whether riders are choosing to ride parks, trails, or both.
By Jeff Barber

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Aerial view of a recently constructed dirt bike track surrounded by trees, featuring winding paths and jumps. The landscape shows a mix of orange and brown earth with some greenery, highlighting the layout of the track and nearby vehicles. Benton Bike Park mountain bike trail.
Photo: Progressive Trail Design

It seems like bike parks are popping up everywhere these days. Most are smaller, municipal parks with a set of jump lines, a skills area, and perhaps a pump track. (These are not to be confused with resort-style bike parks that offer shuttle or uplift service.)

Bike parks are accessible and appeal to a wide range of riders in terms of both age and skill, and compared to trails, they don’t take up as much space. At the same time, the cost of building a quality bike park can equal or even exceed that of building a moderately sized trail network.

Given the number of new parks coming online, we want to know if you’re riding park, trail, or both.

Do you ride bike parks or just trails?

Has your local community recently opened a bike park? Tell us what you think about it in the comments below!

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