Miranda Boyd, 22, of Middleton, rides a trail at the Blackhawk Ski Club in Middleton. The Madison Parks Department has launched an initiative to build more off-road trails within the city, which has natural biking trails in only one park.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Charlize Calkins, 9, of Madison, rides a mountain bike trail at Blackhawk Ski Club in Middleton.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Angelo Warrich, 12, of Madison, rides a mountain bike course at Blackhawk Ski Club in Middleton.
Growing up in the late 1980s, Mike Repyak would set out on his bike from his home in Cambridge, ripping through fields, down gravel roads and deer trails through the woods.
Jace Peters, 10, of Fountain, Minn., rides a pump track in La Crosse in 2019. Pump tracks like this are one of the features called for in a new plan to increase off-road biking opportunities in Madison.
Members of the One City Schools "Bike Crew" — Jo’ Siya Bruce Moore (from right), Lincoln Knepp and Dellany Onyango — ride a trail in Aldo Leopold Park on Aug. 22. City crews mowed the path in July as a test site for off-road biking.
Griffin Vigliotta, 7, of Mount Horeb, rides a jump at Blackhawk Ski Club in Middleton. The private trail system is one of a handful in the area that the city of Madison is working to connect with a planned network of off-road paths.
Willa Vigliotta, 11, of Mount Horeb, jumps her bike at Blackhawk Ski Club in Middleton.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Have your say
The Madison Parks Department has developed a plan to build more than 30 miles of natural surface bike trails throughout the city. The city will introduce the plan and take feedback in three online meetings from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the following dates:
Miranda Boyd, 22, of Middleton, rides a trail at the Blackhawk Ski Club in Middleton. The Madison Parks Department has launched an initiative to build more off-road trails within the city, which has natural biking trails in only one park.
Griffin Vigliotta, 7, of Mount Horeb, rides a jump at Blackhawk Ski Club in Middleton. The private trail system is one of a handful in the area that the city of Madison is working to connect with a planned network of off-road paths.
Jace Peters, 10, of Fountain, Minn., rides a pump track in La Crosse in 2019. Pump tracks like this are one of the features called for in a new plan to increase off-road biking opportunities in Madison.
Members of the One City Schools "Bike Crew" — Jo’ Siya Bruce Moore (from right), Lincoln Knepp and Dellany Onyango — ride a trail in Aldo Leopold Park on Aug. 22. City crews mowed the path in July as a test site for off-road biking.
