Bike Carson

There is a fantastic article over on the Around Carson Blog about Carson City’s Chinatown. According to the article, Chinatown used to sit along Third Street east of Stewart Street, but was finally torn down in the 1950’s. This is of particular interest to me, since this is right where I’ve worked for […]

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We visited Marcus’s Pump Track On Memorial Day, and I’m here to say that the track is evolving nicely! You can now ride the track either direction and keep pretty good momentum.  You can go around the track several times without even pedaling!  The only thing that’ll stop you is exhaustion.  It’s a great […]

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My son and I went and checked out the track yesterday. As usual, it was very windy out there!
The track has been redesigned a bit. It follows the same path as last year, but some of the obstacles are different. The difficultly level has increased somewhat. It will be […]

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Applying lip balm preparing for a dry Nevada wind, this Carsonite waits ever so patiently for the light to turn green…. unfortunately, the nearest stoplight is a mile away.

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The BMX season is near.
Carson City BMX will be having an Open House on the weekend of April 5th and 6th, from 1:00 - 3:00 PM. There is no racing on these days, but the track will be open for bikes. This will be a great time to bring the kids (boys and […]

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John Mankins Park recently opened on the northwest side of town, and includes this mini skate park. There are very few signs at the park right now, so it is unclear if bicycles will be allowed in the skate park area in the future. Right now though, however, there are no signs saying […]

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