Rock & Roll April

Ready. Grab your calendars...

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April 5 - a fundraiser for FAST at Latitude 44

The official event page is here on Facebook.

Doors open at 8pm. Music starts about an hour after that.

Cover charge is $5 which goes right to the FAST bank account for trail maintenance.

Here's the lineup of local talent:

Gerry Grooms and Tyler Pridey will start off with some jazz standards.

Condor is next with their guitar and cello fueled bluegrass, old time, folk, blues, and rock with some jazzy undertones.

Jack, Johnny, Jamison and son finish it off with their high energy mix of Bluegrass folk and fresh original songs

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April 14 - the Sioux Falls Bike Swap at Holiday Inn City Centre

The official event page is here on Facebook

We also posted about it on the blog, here.

Admission is $5 - doors open at 10am.

If you're a seller see the blog post for details.

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April 20 - Earth Day Clean-up at Leaders Park

The official event page is here on Facebook.

From 11:30am to 1:30pm.

After a year's worth of accumulation it's time to walk the FAST Trails at Leaders Park and carry out the visible garbage.

We'll supply the bags, truck and landfill trip.

You bring shoes and gloves for yourself.

Together we'll spend some time making the world a better place.

Leaders Park Trail Maintenance - Day 1

Our first Leaders Park Trail Maintenance Day will be this Sunday, March 24 beginning at 11:00am.

Most activities will take place in the workshop of the building on the northwest corner of 33rd St & Spring Ave from 11am to 5pm.

X marks the meet spot...

1. Meet spot at 11am.
2. Land at Lowe's to make purchases - 38x10x2x4
3. Return to meet spot.
4. Measure twice.
5. Cut once.
6. Treat lumber.

Domino's Pizza will be provided to hungry souls sometime between 1:30pm and 2:30pm.

All are welcome, any of the time, or all of the time.

Even just stop by to say hi.

Linkage:

Our Facebook Events pages.

Follow Sunday real time live tweeting @fast_inc.

E-mail fallsareasingletrack@gmail.com with specific questions or to receive a phone contact for the day.

Go.

The Swap Must Go On

Sioux Falls Bike Swap 2013

All fees and admissions support the work of Falls Area Singletrack.

Sunday April 14, 2013 10am to 2pm
Holiday Inn City Centre, Sioux Falls 100 W 8th Street

Sellers: Tables $25, Bike Corral $10/$5 for additions bikes
Buyers: $5 admission

For information or to register a table contact Kyle Andersen, kjandersen2@gmail.com

Downloads:

The 11x17 poster (pdf)

The documented details (pdf)

The registration forms (pdf)

Postponed: Count the Vandaled Boards

We're postponing today's bridge work at Leaders Park because of the the cold and the wet. March 23 at 2pm is the new day.

KELOLAND TV: "Bike Trail Fights Vandals Tearing Down Bridge Railing"

KELOLAND TV reported tonight - with pictures - about the dismantling of our bridges in Leaders Park. They talked to our shiny new President Kyle.

Count the Vandaled Boards @ Leaders Park

Let's get ready for the arrival of SPRING! Come join Kyle, Michael, Adam, Brad and Ben at Leaders Park to count the missing boards from the bridges. Meet at 6th and Leadale by the trailhead. We'll move to Lowell and Homestead and hike to the bridges from the north end of the park.

We'll assess the vandalism and determine the needs to make the bridges ready for the season.

All are welcome.

Obviously ground conditions will be treacherous and the weather will be cool. Dress accordingly and remember - there's no P in our ark.

The latest updates are here on our Event Page.

Bridge Out, Please Help

Falls Area SingleTrack needed to remove one of the two bridges on the Leaders Park singletrack project. The five inches of rain received in about two hours a week or so ago overflowed the drainage ditch that cuts diagonally through Leaders Park. This high flow rate eroded the bank in some areas. One such place was the bank supporting one of the bridge abutments.

We assessed the situation. It was clear the bridge was unsafe given one abutment was almost floating in mid air. We dismantled this bridge last Saturday morning.

We have elected to replace the 30 foot long trusses with 50 foot long trusses and rebuild the bridge in the same location. By lengthening the bridge by 20 feet this will push the abutments well away from the drainage ditch’s edge and out of harm’s way.

The good news is we can reuse all the materials we dismantled with the exception of the trusses. The bad news is the 30 foot trusses were a donation – the 50 foot replacements will not be. We’ll reuse 100% of the wood deck and rails. But, we’ll need more.

We’ve calculated the replacement trusses and additional wood will cost $3,000.00. Falls Area SingleTrack, INC has not been in existence long enough to apply for 501(c)3 non profit status with the Internal Revenue Service. I trust this will not deter you from making a donation even though it cannot be used as a tax deduction.

Please consider making a donation to this project. Any amount will be fine. If you can spare $5 – great! If you can spare $500 – cool! Please make donations payable to Falls Area SingleTrack and mail them to:

FAST
PO Box 90144
Sioux Falls, SD 57109

Thank you in advance for your support!