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Well now it seems that Competitive Cyclist in North Little Rock has bought it’s first actual bike brand, Merlin. Although for now the bikes won’t be manufactured here it is still a move for Arkansas into the world cycling market. A good story is available in Arkansas Business today.north face denali jackets, This is such a cool place!

This past Saturday, Lisa and I went out to do a little mountain biking at Burns Park in North Little Rock. This is an old haunt of mine. While training for a 100 mile mountain bike race a few years back, I pretty much lived out there. I knew the trails like the back of my hand. I’ve also competed in a couple of adventure races through the park and one off-road triathlon. I still road bike through the area on a regular bases and get out on the mountain bike trails as an alternative to the new trails at Pinnacle Mountain State Park (when I need a little change of scenery).

This Saturday was a perfect day to be on the trails.north face denali. The 6-hour race at Cedar Glades in Hot Springs had pulled most of the area cyclists out of the Little Rock/North Little Rock for the day and we had the trails pretty much to ourselves. Over the last couple of years the park/volunteers have made some great changes to the trails, adding some mileage, nice flowy stuff and the short track area is a blast. As we rode along enjoying the day I noticed some newer changes. As a trail builder I think I’ve developed an eye for spotting new trail flags (ribbon tied to trees to mark planned trails) in the woods. After crossing several new trail cuts we finally decided to check one of the “new” trails out. Here is my word of warning, if you are not a confident mountain biker I don’t recommend doing this. New,cheap north face, unfinished trail can be treacherous.

I immediately fell in love with this new section that allowed for a wonderfully done switchback up a hill that has a notoriously worn out climb. I’m really looking forward to riding the rest of the new trails. When I got back home I contacted the person that I felt might be responsible for the new trails, Trail builder and Arkansas Naturalist, Bert Turner to see if he was the culprit and to get more information. Bert sent me some great information.