A path inside town, proper in the midst of Caminho das Árvores, with obstacles, highway, ascent, descent and pedal within the shade, contained in the dense forest. Many individuals could not comprehend it but, however Salvador has this place to observe and luxuriate in biking on a closed circuit.
It is solely been a yr since entrepreneur Mário Dantas created the Bike Park (@bikeparksalvador), an area behind Sam’s Membership with a 3 km path with sections for newcomers and intermediate and superior biking fanatics alike.
“I have been driving since 2002, after I lived in Minas and acquired to know Mountain Bike. I fell in love with this sport. Earlier than, I used to be a kart driver, I come from motorsport and had kart tracks for hire, however there was no Bike Park right here. That is after I had this perception and thus was born the challenge to arrange a closed circuit for mountain biking in Salvador, which would offer contact with nature, with out having to go to Estrada do Coco or Linha Verde”, says Dantas.
The monitor additionally has tools rental providers and extra bike clinics with courses that educate easy methods to trip, use the tools, brake, go up and down. The place is open day by day, from 7 am to five pm, with free permanence time. Entry prices BRL 10 per particular person.
“The busiest days are Saturdays and Sundays. It’s an unbelievable journey and a really cool problem. A closed and protected place the place folks can take pleasure in this chance to odor the bush, hear the birds, the grime highway. A actuality that was distant, however which immediately may be very near those that prefer to pedal”.
Even the very fact of not having a motorcycle will not be an excuse for taking over the journey, because the park has bikes for hire for R$30 (1 hour). “And immediately, a really attention-grabbing market, by which we’re more and more growing our participation, is the children path proposal, which permits kids to take pleasure in this universe of journey with their household”, provides Dantas, who initially invested R$ 50 thousand within the construction of the place.
Together with the mountain bike circuit, the park additionally expanded to put in 5 seaside tennis courts. “We arrange an area that got here so as to add to the Bike Park as a result of additionally it is an out of doors sport. Now we have slightly college there, with courses from Monday to Thursday and on weekends. Folks can hire the courts to play. It has a great vitality, they’re sports activities that go collectively”.
Ideas
Secure observe at all times begins with the essential notion, as suggested by professor of piloting strategies, Wagner Silva, higher often called Guinea. With greater than 30 years working with bicycles, Guinea additionally has expertise in constructing Mountain Bike check circuits.
“It isn’t going to the shop to purchase a motorcycle and pedaling down the road. Expertise has significantly modified the idea of bicycles, with a really particular dimension for every particular person’s stature. Because of this, search for the best bike on your objective: city mobility, trails… Should you’re an fanatic path, at all times search for parks or stretches alongside the Orla”.
One other piece of recommendation from Guinea is that earlier than venturing right into a path or closed circuit, the bicycle owner ought to select the suitable place for the pedal he needs to observe.
“There you have got mud, stones, roots, totally different from an asphalt, a motorcycle path or a road. A great a part of the Bike Parks, just like the one in Salvador, has totally different ranges of well-signposted trails. The one that will provoke, he makes use of the inexperienced path, for instance. Those that are already extra skittish and have a certain quantity of information, transfer on to different ranges. Besides, you will need to speak to these answerable for these parks about questions of safety”, he reinforces.
