Winchester BMX course info.

[whale]

i'm craving a little bmx course action. i hear the course down in winchester is quite nice. i haven't ridden a bmx course since i was about 9 years old and that was back around 1986 on a track in okinawa, japan on my old factory kuwahara... GOD, i wish i still had that bike!

anyways, has anyone ridden the course and/or have any info about it? i've done some web searching and forum searching and found some links about the course and bmx racing schedules to avoid riding conflicts: http://www.winchesterbmxracing.org and http://www.vabmx.org/home.htm

it looks like i might spend my day off this friday (weather permitting) to head down there and have a little fun riding it.

what i would like to know is:
can anyone just go down there and ride it anytime?
is there a fee to pay to ride the course?
is there a weather line to call to check if it's open?
do they have any rules/regulations regarding pads/protection and types of bikes?
how's the course?

i'm planning on bringing my foes zig zag (dual-slalom) and P3 (just converted to single speed!) to try them both out. i want to build up a little more confidence on jumping and gaining some speed on the track for a future (hopefully soon) trip up to snowshoe again... this time to hit the MTX course!

thanks in advance for your help.

[Animal Mother]

[QUOTE=whale]

what i would like to know is:
can anyone just go down there and ride it anytime?
yes, the course is open to the public.

is there a fee to pay to ride the course?
nope, it's free.

is there a weather line to call to check if it's open?
it's always open, rain or shine.

do they have any rules/regulations regarding pads/protection and types of bikes?
Nope, run what you brung buck naked if you'd like...

how's the course?
course is nasty! they just recently dozed it down and rebuilt it. got some monster berms there now. it's definalty worth the trip. it's in a park, no one is really ever there during the week. at most, i've ran into 5-7 riders while there. no authorities ever... SO NICE!

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also, there are dirt jumps about a mile from there. i've only seen them on video but they are phat and plentyful. I don't have exact directions at this time so don't ask... I'll be going there within a couple weeks with a friend that rides them frequently to do some trail work. I'll let you know and you can join if you'd like.

[whale]

[QUOTE=whale]

what i would like to know is:
can anyone just go down there and ride it anytime?
yes, the course is open to the public.

is there a fee to pay to ride the course?
nope, it's free.

is there a weather line to call to check if it's open?
it's always open, rain or shine.

do they have any rules/regulations regarding pads/protection and types of bikes?
Nope, run what you brung buck naked if you'd like...

how's the course?
course is nasty! they just recently dozed it down and rebuilt it. got some monster berms there now. it's definalty worth the trip. it's in a park, no one is really ever there during the week. at most, i've ran into 5-7 riders while there. no authorities ever... SO NICE!

QUOTE]


also, there are dirt jumps about a mile from there. i've only seen them on video but they are phat and plentyful. I don't have exact directions at this time so don't ask... I'll be going there within a couple weeks with a friend that rides them frequently to do some trail work. I'll let you know and you can join if you'd like.

sweet and thanks! i had heard that the course was open to the public and had pretty much no rules (unlike the woodbridge track - regarding rules for pads and stuff). let me know about those dirt jumps, if i can make day out there for some DJing AND a bmx track... it would be well worth the drive! plus, i have a friend that lives in front royal on the way there that i can always stop by and visit.

PM me when you decide to do some trail work and DJing down there. is that video posted somewhere so i can check it out?

i don't even want to think about the hurting from crashing buck naked ;)

[Animal Mother]

sweet and thanks! i had heard that the course was open to the public and had pretty much no rules (unlike the woodbridge track - regarding rules for pads and stuff). let me know about those dirt jumps, if i can make day out there for some DJing AND a bmx track... it would be well worth the drive! plus, i have a friend that lives in front royal on the way there that i can always stop by and visit.

PM me when you decide to do some trail work and DJing down there. is that video posted somewhere so i can check it out?

i don't even want to think about the hurting from crashing buck naked ;)

the video is from two of my friends, they brought the camera over and after they rode and hooked it to my TV. they're computer retarted so I'm not even going to ask them to put into that format... the dj's have been there for years. very well packed an established. they just havn't been riden at all in a while so there is grass on them all. my friends went over about a month ago and hit them with a weedeater and then herbicides... so the grass is gone on a lot of the lines. still needs work on the lips and downsides. i'll let you know when we go.

ben

oh yeah, wrecking naked is not a wise thing to do! take it from a drunk guy at a back yard party on a moped ;)

[whale]

btw, anyone got any decent pictures of the course? the ones on the websites i've found don't show much of the track.

[Animal Mother]

[QUOTE=whale]btw, anyone got any decent pictures of the course? the ones on the websites i've found don't show much of the track.[/QUOTE

can't help ya there... BMX is not my cup of tea. i just show up there to play around a bit before riding street in Winchester so i've never broke out the camera as i have nothing worthy of a picture. :p

[whale]

can't help ya there... BMX is not my cup of tea. i just show up there to play around a bit before riding street in Winchester so i've never broke out the camera as i have nothing worthy of a picture. :p

oh well, a coworker and i are planning on heading out there tomorrow to check it out and pretend to BMX on mountain bikes. maybe i'll take some pics then.

[Animal Mother]

oh well, a coworker and i are planning on heading out there tomorrow to check it out and pretend to BMX on mountain bikes. maybe i'll take some pics then.


cool... you'll enjoy! What time you guys going to be there?

[whale]

cool... you'll enjoy! What time you guys going to be there?

not 100% sure yet, i think we will head out after rush hour traffic has died down... around 9:30am or so. i'm shooting for getting there around 11am and hanging out for a couple of hours. might hit the 495 jumps for a bit on the way back if we have time.

[kirstin]

i haven't ridden a bmx course since i was about 9 years old and that was back around 1986 on a track in okinawa, japan on my old factory kuwahara... GOD, i wish i still had that bike!

and this one time, on my kuwahara...

(ducks and runs)

[Animal Mother]

[QUOTE=kirstin]and this one time, on my kuwahara...

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hey!!! you guys went to Band Camp too?!?!?!

[whale]

and this one time, on my kuwahara...

(ducks and runs)

lol. to make matters worse. i found a picture of the exact factory kuwahara bike (http://www.osbmx.com/ospics/kuwahara.jpg) that i brought back from okinawa. it got stolen in 1989 and was replaced by the 2nd (not even close to as cool) kuwahara bravo pro that i sold a while back.

oh yeah, there was this one time, on my kuwahara... :D

[Animal Mother]

not 100% sure yet, i think we will head out after rush hour traffic has died down... around 9:30am or so. i'm shooting for getting there around 11am and hanging out for a couple of hours. might hit the 495 jumps for a bit on the way back if we have time.


so... what'd you think of the joint?

[whale]

so... what'd you think of the joint?

well, the course was cool... the experience was quite humbling for me. taught me a good lesson in body meets dirt/gravel :nono: had a fun time riding out there before my big crash (possible action picture shot to be developed). a little battered, bruised, and sore now. i need to work some more before i can clean them jumps out there and REALLY RIDE the track.

here are some pics.

the course from the gate.
http://www.anti-statik.com/whale/pictures/biking/winchester_bmx/winchester_bmx1.jpg

more of the course
http://www.anti-statik.com/whale/pictures/biking/winchester_bmx/winchester_bmx2.jpg

first big step-up in front of the gate
http://www.anti-statik.com/whale/pictures/biking/winchester_bmx/winchester_bmx3.jpg

pretty big stuff.
http://www.anti-statik.com/whale/pictures/biking/winchester_bmx/winchester_bmx5.jpg

dirt/gravel, i'd like you to meet my back
http://www.anti-statik.com/whale/pictures/biking/winchester_bmx/winchester_bmx6.jpg

[JKnowledge]

I just joined today (6/22). Next time you are in town, we can do some street riding as well. The street riding is better after 6:30 or 7:00 when the county buildings empty out. I work in Fairfax, so I want to start doing some riding in NOVA after work.

[whale]

I just joined today (6/22). Next time you are in town, we can do some street riding as well. The street riding is better after 6:30 or 7:00 when the county buildings empty out. I work in Fairfax, so I want to start doing some riding in NOVA after work.

sure, i'll let you know. i don't plan on heading out there often... but i'd like to see someone work the track unlike me being a wannabe ;)

[kirstin]

and this one time, on my kuwahara...
hey!!! you guys went to Band Camp too?!?!?!

heh, yeah... whale went to kuwahara camp, and i went to bruising camp ;)

[llkoolkeg]

Damn...that stuff looked small until the pic with the rider in the berm injected some scale. Cool!

[Animal Mother]

[QUOTE=JKnowledge]I just joined today (6/22). Next time you are in town, we can do some street riding as well. The street riding is better after 6:30 or 7:00 when the county buildings empty out.QUOTE]


are you talking about Winchester or Fairfax?

[whale]

Damn...that stuff looked small until the pic with the rider in the berm injected some scale. Cool!

yeah, that's why i included that pic to give a little perspective... here's a few more shots.

just riding on top of one of the tabletops:
http://www.anti-statik.com/whale/pictures/biking/winchester_bmx/winchester_bmx7.jpg

one of the smaller, but looooong step-ups:
http://www.anti-statik.com/whale/pictures/biking/winchester_bmx/winchester_bmx8.jpg

[JKnowledge]

[QUOTE=JKnowledge]I just joined today (6/22). Next time you are in town, we can do some street riding as well. The street riding is better after 6:30 or 7:00 when the county buildings empty out.QUOTE]


are you talking about Winchester or Fairfax?

Winchester

[Animal Mother]

Winchester

sweet, i'm down to pedal around Winchester... i'll hit you up next time
we head over to the dirt jumps and we'll kick some street afterwards.

ben

[Msisle Dad]

how far do you think this track is from baltimore?
i used to race a lot of bmx but now race 4X
in the junior x class

Morgan

[Animal Mother]

how far do you think this track is from baltimore?
i used to race a lot of bmx but now race 4X
in the junior x class

Morgan

i couldn't see it taking any longer than 1-1/2 hours to get there from B-more...

[drt_jumper]

it will take 3 hours to get there....it takes almost 2 hours from D.C. to get there. I will be out there around 4:00 tomorrow if anyone wants to ride...later adam

[PBbike679]

anybody have the exact address, i want to get a map from lynchburg. any help is appreciated. peace

[drt_jumper]

its in barnett park, just get a map to shenandoah university, it is in the park behind the univ.