Dine! Imbibe! Give! Come have a blast, eat some great food, drink some drinks and get some great deals while mingling with the who’s who of the Bay Area cycling community. Your tax-deductible ticket purchase gets you a seat at the table for appetizers, oven herb roasted chicken, pesto pasta, veggies, sides, dessert and beer. … Continue reading MBP D.I.G. Fundraiser April 26th!
We recently completed the conceptual design for Phase 1, and to help everyone envision the amazing potential of the completed park, we've been working with Alpine Bike Parks on the remaining phases. To help understand how the park will flow, I got on the phone with Judd de Vall from Alpine Bike Parks, and he walked me … Continue reading First Look: Exploring MBP Beyond Phase 1
Throughout 2014, The McLaren Bike Park Core team has been working with the landscape architect and Alpine Bike Parks on cost estimates for phase 1, and outlining exactly what our $500,000 in construction grants will build. We've taken what we've learned and are now able to dive into the details of Phase 1: Intermediate level pump track and family skills trail. … Continue reading Getting Shovel-ready in 2015!
The natural slope, rocks and amount of space approved for McLaren Bike Park are appealing to designers like Alpine Bike Parks as they provide a great canvas to integrate man-made features like jumps and ladders into the riding experience. Alpine has enlisted professional riders like Cam to help plan the the location of the features in the park to … Continue reading Cam McCaul talks about designing San Francisco’s first bike park
It’s been an amazing year so far for McLaren Bike Park. In January we learned we’d won the Community Opportunity Fund Grant for $249,835 to fund phase 1 of the MBP Project. This was our first major grant award and gave us some much needed momentum heading into the new year and other grant opportunities. … Continue reading Half a Million Dollars and Counting!
For over four years, we've been building trails, selling t-shirts, getting kids on bikes, supporting neighborhood gatherings, going to meetings, meeting with important people. Some things are clearly visible, but a lot happens behind the scenes. It's been awhile since we've had some big, public news about MBP. But, it's been well worth the wait, … Continue reading MBP Wins COF Grant for $250,000!!!
After over three years of community outreach culminating in the recent community design process where SF Urban Riders partnered with Alpine Bike Parks and SF Recreation and Parks, it's looking like McLaren Bike Park is going to happen. But... to take it to the next level, we need to pay for the design phase of … Continue reading Support MBP! Become a Founder!
Earlier this year, we contracted Alpine Bike Parks to work with us and the community to create a concept design to take through SFRPD Commission approval. The plan has met with much community support and is supported by SF Recreation and Parks as well. In fact, they have paid staff dedicated specifically to making MBP … Continue reading What you could be riding!!!
Last month, we wrapped up the Community Design process with Community Design Meeting #3. We hosted the meeting with SFRPD and our bike park designer, Alpine Bike Parks. The community has been overwhelmingly supportive of the project and of the concept design. This is still a work in progress, but much time has been put … Continue reading MBP Conceptual Design
Mark your Calendars. There's a lot happening on September 24th. In conjunction with National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, locally organized by SF Urban Riders, we'll be holding the third and final Community Design Meeting. In the first two meetings we gathered community input and created a Conceptual Plan to take to the SF … Continue reading Community Design Mtg #3 – Sept 24th!!!
San Francisco's First Bike Park 