tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10186961617169319612024-03-05T08:26:01.808-08:00Falls Area Singletrack (FAST)mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-51908476774626827692016-11-10T20:11:00.002-08:002016-11-10T20:11:38.083-08:00December 3, 2016 Is a Pretty Big DealIt begins with a Global Fatbike Day Ride at 11am from Pizza Ranch in Brandon.
It continues with a FAST Annual Meeting in the Holiday Inn Cascade Room.
mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-78092428941911035162016-09-02T15:15:00.001-07:002016-09-02T15:15:52.198-07:00Take a Kid Mountain Biking DaySunday October 2 we're hosting Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at Yankton Trail Singletrack. Bring a kid and get a guided tour of the trail and its obstacles. It's an open house format from 10am to 2pm or at 1pm come for a group ride - balance bikes at the front! #tkmbdmytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-66990860721854260622016-03-17T06:42:00.001-07:002016-03-17T06:42:08.535-07:00State of the Dirt 2016
Back to dirt!
Trail Maintenance Thursday Tonight at Leaders Park. 6-7:30.
It's been a while since we've given our members/volunteers and followers a comprehensive update.
Over the past few years our core efforts have been maintaining Leaders Park and improving the existing trail. During 2015 we signed a new usage agreement with the City of Sioux Falls for Leaders Park that is good through Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102768658650179324noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-86031103503083188302015-11-11T03:05:00.001-08:002015-11-12T19:05:55.104-08:00Global Fatbike Day RideWe're meeting December 5 at 11am at Beef 'O' Brady's and going for a ride.mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-30893285218712762812015-07-23T14:29:00.002-07:002015-07-23T14:30:53.204-07:00Thanks to some hard work by our volunteers and board members, Leaders Park is riding really well right now. Some of us were making laps last night and enjoyed the new bermed corners and added bridge on the bypass.
No trail maintenance tonight but we hope to regroup next week for a session! Again, big thanks to our volunteers - Ron, Mike, Brandon, Ryan, Ben, Bob, Adam among others.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102768658650179324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-16111743179202644632015-06-23T06:15:00.002-07:002015-06-23T06:15:49.890-07:00Trail Maintenance Thursday
Hello FAST Friends and Volunteers...
There will be Trail Maintenance Thursday @ 6pm at Leaders Park this week 6/25/15.
Here's what we want to do:
Trim back growth on West side of the park on all loops
Meet at the sign/kiosk at trail head near community garden.
Volunteers welcomed and appreciated. We'd suggest long pants, gloves and safety glasses.
Thanks!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102768658650179324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-59028814046768310632015-03-20T13:51:00.000-07:002015-03-20T13:51:31.173-07:00The
First Day of Spring!
Unfortunately it's still a little too wet to
ride out at Leaders Park. Please give the trails time to dry out as the frost
continues to work its way out of the ground. A quick walk of the park last
night reminded us that even with the warm and windy conditions this spring
we'll all need to be patient. Some parts are totally dry and other sections
still have, ah, snow.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102768658650179324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-12700100285033003202015-02-16T11:45:00.000-08:002015-02-16T14:22:53.693-08:00Sioux Falls Bike & Gear Swap 2015
CLICK HERE TO PAY FOR A TABLE OR TO DONATE TO FAST
VENDOR INFORMATION:
Howdy! Here is the pertinent information regarding the Sioux Falls Bike & Gear Swap 2015!
New this time around is this swap isn't just for bikes and bike related stuff...it's open to anyone looking to sell/buy outdoor gear...bikes, tents, jackets, skis, climbing equipment, water sports stuff, you get the idea. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102768658650179324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-74541114084787122562014-05-18T15:02:00.001-07:002014-05-18T15:02:59.490-07:00Annual Spring CleanupSaturday was our annual spring cleanup day. A couple handfuls of people walked the trail with garbage bags and picked up any litter and refuse that was visible.Thank you garbage pickers!Adam found and captured Dora, who seems to have gotten lost on her latest adventure.In the end the yield was pretty satisfying. I think Leaders Park should get a prize for biggest littered objects.When the work mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-76422207664180907292014-04-21T20:53:00.001-07:002014-04-21T20:53:31.393-07:00Fixing a Featuremytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-72907668688257731842014-04-18T10:38:00.001-07:002014-04-18T10:38:57.767-07:00Volunteering Is Givingmytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-67671130821246455742014-04-16T09:15:00.002-07:002014-04-16T09:15:42.996-07:00Trail Maintenance Thursdays: Go!Trail maintenance Thursdays continue for 2014. 6pm every Thursday. Tomorrow is not an exception. Come help out tomorrow. We need you.mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-23211277091205236082013-12-07T12:50:00.000-08:002013-12-07T12:50:10.046-08:00Winter War MupsBaby, it's cold outside...how in the world are we going to make it to spring when it's this cold now?
Here's how...
-- FIRST --
January 28 we're going to gather downstairs at Acoustic and watch
SingleTrack High. It's a film about kids who ride. There will be
beverages and food. It will be a
fundraiser for FAST too because we always need a money to pay our
annual insurance premiums.
mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-77923794263803211652013-12-05T20:33:00.001-08:002013-12-05T20:34:57.103-08:00The Riddlebox
Did someone say egg bake? That's us marking our place down there in the bottom right corner of the image. We're happy to have our in-house chef prepping some eggcellent egg bake for Saturday.
RiddleBox Fat Bike Endurance Race - December 14 - register at http://riddlebox.eventzilla.net
BIKE IT!!!
mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-33062116886562422152013-10-29T18:40:00.001-07:002013-10-29T18:40:53.051-07:00It's Time For An Update. Ready?First and most importantly - we've moved our trail maintenance day to Sunday. We've moved our trail maintenance time to 3pm. We're keeping our meet spot at Lowell & Homestead the same, at least until we move it.
In summary: 3pm, Sundays, Lowell & Homestead intersection.
There's plenty to do. Seriously.
For example. The Vandals are back and we must keep up with them. The exit ramp off mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-7085752613948844982013-09-08T12:14:00.000-07:002013-09-08T12:14:01.256-07:00We're Moving Right Along
We're two Thursdays in to our trail improvement and expansion. By attending both work sessions Janelle, Chris and Evan are leading the way through the park. John, Nate and Phil are right behind them.
We're not asking for huge commitments from our volunteers. Adam and Ben will be leading the effort on Thursdays nights until the work is finished or the weather gets mean. Come out and move some mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-83860151371967902642013-08-24T17:12:00.002-07:002013-08-24T17:17:38.795-07:00Some Trail Expansion: Build ItWe’re expanding the singletrack at Leaders Park and we need your help, please.
At the very northwestern part of the park there’s a severe elevation drop to the north bridge. This portion of trail gets lots of use by the neighborhood because it’s the most direct route from Homestead Circle to Ronning Park at the top of the hill. We’ve seen quite a lot of deterioration from erosion and traffic. mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-79503653565111364352013-07-27T20:41:00.002-07:002013-07-27T20:41:35.099-07:00Big Loop Video
We are Falls Area Singletrack and we approve this message.mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-59210036220967777022013-06-23T10:59:00.001-07:002013-06-23T10:59:34.115-07:00It's Shindig ThursdayWe doing a pizza shindig Thursday to celebrate our volunteers, members and riders. People like you.We've got the Meldrum Park shelter reserved at 6pm for a couple hours. Meldrum Park is a few blocks west of Leaders Park, so ride, check out the handcrafted trail then come eat free pizza. Then ride again.There will be some time to exchange information, talk about future efforts at Leaders, and tellmytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-84205632966288234102013-06-16T15:49:00.002-07:002013-06-16T15:49:46.111-07:00Wacking Weeds...
...but keeping the flowers.mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-28151814645472483082013-06-09T20:44:00.001-07:002013-06-09T20:44:44.700-07:00Pushing Back the GreenThere were no ramps...
to return to their original state...
so the team split up.
Some took to the string trimmer pushing back the spring growth on the east side expert loop.
Others made improvements to the bench cuts on the west side expert loop.
There are only 2 more Thursday night trail sessions remaining in June. Thursday Trail Day this week will be more string trimming, somemytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-71286568645633186622013-05-20T19:03:00.002-07:002013-05-20T19:04:42.203-07:00Bridge Ramp PermanenceWe used to have this pretty cool and slightly intimidating bridge ramp. It ended a few inches above the ground. Rock then completed the decent to the ground. Now, because we can't have nice things - somehow the rocks tended to end up in the river - last Thursday night's volunteers (thanks Ben and Brad!) made a more permanent solution.
Here's what it looks like on the way off the bridge:
Whatmytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-65382153447750678682013-05-10T19:05:00.000-07:002013-05-10T19:05:37.777-07:00The Bridges of Leaders ParkThursday was our first Thursday Trail Day and by most measures it was a huge success.
In March we cut and treated enough wood to repair the railings on both bridges.
Thursday began with a pretty decent amount of haulin' wood.
Then it was time to get the power tools out and put the screws to it.
Many hands make light work and Travis, Steve, Adam, Ben and Brad turned this out in just overmytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-39778351713694738052013-05-07T21:12:00.001-07:002013-05-07T21:12:05.133-07:00Thursday Trail DayBeginning May 9 we will be working in Leaders Park from 6pm to DARK. This will continue weekly for the foreseeable future.
Please come out and support the effort to make the trails in Leaders Park even better. All are welcome.
Gloves & close toe shoes are important. Water is too.
mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018696161716931961.post-51831792629991425562013-05-02T20:00:00.000-07:002013-05-02T20:00:10.868-07:00Gettin' Busy. Now.
We have a plan!
Saturday and Sunday.
This weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 we're clearing branches. We need your help. And your friend's help too. Seriously. As you know FAST has a lot more trees than most people - which means we've got a lot more downed branches.
Remember Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4. FAST has the tools. You bring: closed toe shoes, long pants, long sleeve shirt, mytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.com0