Shuttle Day In Reading PA presented by Loweriders Derailed
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Wish I lived closer - had such a good time at the last Duryea downhill race.
Reading Downhill Ride Jam
READING, Pennsylvania (derailedonline.com) - Fresh start to a new season of riding on the east coast. Saturday, March 28 marks the first official Team Loweriders Derailed DH Ride Jam at the pagoda in Reading PA, There will a shuttle service running from 9am to 5pm.
For all interested parties, a donation to the team will get you as many rides up the
mountain as you want. A donation of $20 or higher would be greatly appreciated. There will be guided tours for those of you who are not familiar with the area. Also food and drink will be sold as well. All money collected will go to support the newly instated Team Loweriders Derailed.
The address is 98 Duryea Dr, Reading, PA‎. This is to the pagoda. If you continue up the hill a little farther you will see the fire tower. This is where the shuttling will be taking place. If anyone has any other questions about the event please contact Brian via email at this address: bry5006@psu.edu. Please RSVP with Brian if you plan to attend so a general head count can be taken for planning purposes. Thanks and remember to look before you leap and ride within your ability.
READING, Pennsylvania (derailedonline.com) - Fresh start to a new season of riding on the east coast. Saturday, March 28 marks the first official Team Loweriders Derailed DH Ride Jam at the pagoda in Reading PA, There will a shuttle service running from 9am to 5pm.
For all interested parties, a donation to the team will get you as many rides up the
mountain as you want. A donation of $20 or higher would be greatly appreciated. There will be guided tours for those of you who are not familiar with the area. Also food and drink will be sold as well. All money collected will go to support the newly instated Team Loweriders Derailed.
The address is 98 Duryea Dr, Reading, PA‎. This is to the pagoda. If you continue up the hill a little farther you will see the fire tower. This is where the shuttling will be taking place. If anyone has any other questions about the event please contact Brian via email at this address: bry5006@psu.edu. Please RSVP with Brian if you plan to attend so a general head count can be taken for planning purposes. Thanks and remember to look before you leap and ride within your ability.
sounds cool.
i live 10 minutes from the Pagoda and i will be there
i live 10 minutes from the Pagoda and i will be there
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are there any plans to hold a race in the future? I personally really liked the course. Good variety, lots of fun.
Steve, I might actually come to this. Depends on whether or not my sis needs help painting her new place. Any chance I could crash with you if I do make it?
That would be pretty tough to swing. The Pagoda-Skyline inc has done alot of work up there and alot of the word of holding another race looks grim. However nothing's impossible... Nothing on the scale of the former Reading Racing's event might be held but something with a system like freelap is always possible.
Freeriding up there is still fine however and we've become pretty friendly with the boss lady of pagoda-skyline, so come out to ride some kickass trails eitherway! Shuttling is quick and getting 6-8 runs or more in a day on 2-3 minute legit trails is not unheard of.
We average 2-3 runs per hour depending on how many people are standing around BSing. That's self shuttling, if you have a DD you can do alot more per hour
Awesome - I live in Maryland, I've been looking for somewhere to ride so I can dial the new Session in. I'll be there!!!!!! Thanks for doing this guys!
ugh..fine
Probably one moving truck.
if jonkranked makes his way out here, i got room for one or two other goons at my place
This sounds awesome. Any chance to ride DH before May is a happy surprise.
What are these trails like? Best type of bike to bring?
What are these trails like? Best type of bike to bring?
if you can make it down, you got a place to stay
Well, if you have a DH bike bring it, FR will work too. We generally ride our race bikes, but sometimes we switch it up a bit.
Sweet, thanks dude. I'm going to try and make it down.
Aw crap - I'm super close - but still waiting on parts to fix/rebuild my Boxxer... I raced Duryea DH back in 05' - was a really good time. Hopefully I can make this...
will this be a reoccurring event? I wish I could make it but ill be in CO.
maybe, if we have a good turnout we'll be able to do another one before lift season starts. The 3 weeks following this event the mountain will be closed to MTB due to a movie filming.
Thanks. Didn't want to bring a knife to a gunfight. If I get my new hardware on my DH bike done in time I'll bring there, if not, I'll gut it out on the 6" bike
Semi stupid question b/c I have not been there in a while...........read: long time
Is it a burly trail bike kinda place or full on DH sussie type of place. SO I know which to bring..........
thx
Is it a burly trail bike kinda place or full on DH sussie type of place. SO I know which to bring..........
thx
what movie are they filming?
I don't know what movie, but it's a M. Night movie
oh that's great. 3 weeks of trails closed so that asshat can make another abortion of a movie?
The aliens are allergic to water? How did we not figure that out? How did THEY not figure that out?
honestly... you can ride anything on the trails. just depends what you're comfortable on. i started riding a hardtail up there, moved to a 6 and 6, then to full dh. i now regularly go between my bottlerocket and gran mal, and have a blast on both. reading has a great mix of everything... smooth/buff... baby heads... long rock gardens... gnarly tech.... jumps... drops.... it's all there. bring what you like to ride, and you'll be fine.
dont forget about the plants mass murdering people...those bastards
Yea you can definatly ride any of the trails on an AM bike just as fast as a DH bike as alot of riders up there do, but you'll just hafta work that much harder to get down the hill.
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For anyone interested Team Loweriders Derailed will be at Loweriders bikeshop in Downingtown, PA (link to website) this Saturday, March 21st serving up some pre-season stoke in the form of Food. Stop by if your local, or if your cruising by swing in for some grub and stokage. Currently they're having their winter clearance sale and everything from bikes to boards are marked down, just a heads up for anyone interested.
Casey - you know if M. Night Shimalayinalanalouey will be filming on the Rotary side, or is he pretty much locking down everything up there? Oh and I looked up his movie that he's filming, sounds like its about farting or something cause it's called "The Last Airbender", I just bent some air right now thinking about it. That'd be pretty cool if they could incorporate a DH'er into it.
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For anyone interested Team Loweriders Derailed will be at Loweriders bikeshop in Downingtown, PA (link to website) this Saturday, March 21st serving up some pre-season stoke in the form of Food. Stop by if your local, or if your cruising by swing in for some grub and stokage. Currently they're having their winter clearance sale and everything from bikes to boards are marked down, just a heads up for anyone interested.
Casey - you know if M. Night Shimalayinalanalouey will be filming on the Rotary side, or is he pretty much locking down everything up there? Oh and I looked up his movie that he's filming, sounds like its about farting or something cause it's called "The Last Airbender", I just bent some air right now thinking about it. That'd be pretty cool if they could incorporate a DH'er into it.
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I'm pretty sure "the last airbender" is the name of ano older anime flick, so if it's about farting it's gonna be animated japanese farting.
Ever see "the ruins"?
they were just serial killers in that movie...not so much mass murder
Ohhh, I see. So basically Shimalayinananan is trying to capture the essence of Terrance and Phillips, using the Pagoda as his setting. I will certaintly have to look into this movie!
-----UPDATE-----
After some trailwork today, the guys rebuilt the bunker jump which was formerly claimed as housing by a Hobo (it's better than ever now!). We also have a BRAND NEW (well new to pretty much everyone) trail cleared, which brings a new level of steepness and tech to Mt. Penn.
The weather should hopefully be nice, low chance of rain on thursday, but that'll just keep the dust down. Saturday's temps of 60* will make for good rding, and the precipitation chances are very low, which could all but disappear in a week.
After some trailwork today, the guys rebuilt the bunker jump which was formerly claimed as housing by a Hobo (it's better than ever now!). We also have a BRAND NEW (well new to pretty much everyone) trail cleared, which brings a new level of steepness and tech to Mt. Penn.
The weather should hopefully be nice, low chance of rain on thursday, but that'll just keep the dust down. Saturday's temps of 60* will make for good rding, and the precipitation chances are very low, which could all but disappear in a week.
that guy is a weirdo. my buddy and i had a stare down contest w/ him during the hill climb race.
the guy had a clothing line setup, kitchen and of course, the bedroom. he even had a tarp as a door
The "bunker Jump" was torn down a few months ago by a homeless man. He's gonna now and the jump has been rebuilt. We did some trail maintenance today, to repair this jump and another road gap. Here's Rod hitting the new Bunker Jump.
http://vimeo.com/3809960
for some reason the site won't let me embed the video
Keep hope alive, the weather looks like rain for the weekend, but hopefully it'll clear out for Saturday
http://vimeo.com/3809960
for some reason the site won't let me embed the video
Keep hope alive, the weather looks like rain for the weekend, but hopefully it'll clear out for Saturday
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if hunter comes to my house somehow I am driving down with him.... hope I can go down.
hes not coming down. he was gonna stay at my house. you cant though
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whats happening if it rains on saturday?