I-5 Colonnade Pump Track Night - Crank Sisters Beginner / Intermediate

Evergreen Crank Sisters Beginner / Intermediate Level Ride . This is a social ride for beginner and intermediate riders. There is no set mileage for this ride, we'll be working on individual skill building from a fixed location so riders can drop in and out as your schedules allow. Come join us after work for some weekday MTB fun right in the heart of the city!

"Why Pump Track?": 

• Pump tracks are excellent for developing essential skills like cornering, weighting and unweighting the bike, jumping, and generating momentum through body movements rather than pedaling. It's also an excellent way to get a quick workout in at the the end of the day. 
• Beginner-Friendly:

  They provide a safe and predictable environment for new riders to learn and practice, with low consequences for mistakes like casing a jump.
• Endurance and Fitness:

  Riding a pump track is a physically demanding workout that builds strength, coordination, and endurance, similar to a full-body exercise.
• Refining Technique:

  For experienced riders, pump tracks offer a unique opportunity to perfect pumping technique and body-bike separation, skills that translate to any terrain.

This ride is limited to 18+ years old unless riding with a parent or guardian.  

RSVP:

Before you RSVP for this ride, please sign the waiver at https//.www.evergreenmtb.org/my/waiver: Right click and click open in new window. This waiver needs to be signed once a year. When you click the link, it will tell you whether you have signed this year. If not, it will give you a link to sign it.

• Please cancel your RSVP before the ride time if you can’t make the ride. Text the rider leader Paige McGehee: 206-354-1293 if you have to cancel within two hours of the ride. Please RSVP at least 2 hours before the ride.

Directions: 

Colonnade is located between the Capitol Hill and Eastlake neighborhoods, under the I-5 freeway.

East-side / Lakeview-side Entrance: 1800 Lakeview Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98102, Parking is available on Lakeview Blvd.

• Map for Lakeview Blvd entrance.

West-side / Eastlake-side Entrance: 1800 Franklin Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102 -- at the intersection of Franklin Ave E & E Blaine St. (Google/Yahoo maps will get you there). Limited parking is available on Franklin Ave and on some of the side-streets.

• Map for Franklin Ave entrance.

Headed north on I-5, take exit 168A for Lakeview Blvd. Take a left onto Lakeview and immediately park on your left. The bike trails are on the west side of Lakeview.

Headed south on I-5, take exit 168A for Boylston Ave / Roanoke St. Merge onto Boylston and go straight at the light. Follow Boylston south, paralelling I-5, veer left under the freeway, and then park on your right.

We'll meet in the park on the pump track. 

• Restroom: There is no restroom at this location. There has been a Port-O-Let but not sure how long it will remain.

Ride leader contact info:  Paige McGehee (206) 354-1293. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about this ride

Equipment:

• Please bring: rain jacket, a mountain bike in good working order, helmet, 1 liter of water, electrolytes, backpack with some snacks, and spare bike tube.  

Conditions for cancellation: (heavy wind, lightning, flooding etc.) If a ride must be canceled, the ride leader will attempt to contact anyone signed up by 3pm the day before the ride.