Hilltop Grasshopper Kid's Bike Race, Look Ahead

Matt_

I Get Jokes
Definitely the right call. We're a mile away.... its horrible out :(
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overbrook

Active Member
Saddest day in the 9 year history of the Grasshopper, cancelled cause of weather that makes it unsafe to ride.


But


The kid’s korse is going to remain fully marked for quite a while so here’s a fall back plan

Put strava on your kid’s phone and let’s see your fastest time on the kid’s korse segment that has already been set up in strava. I would encourage kids to create a fun strava name and not use a real name. For example I use the strava identifying name el Camino, let your friends and family see how you compare to others that you know on strava and also see the absolute fastest people that look super human!

We are super grateful for all the help from so many people to get this event totally set up and ready to go on race day, brendan at cycle craft, nica, Essex county parks Dept, Alaris health, Verona and cedar grove Rec depts, and so many local cyclists who give back to help all those future cyclists have fun

Here’s the tent ready to have people register and the trail dog thinking about shredding
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overbrook

Active Member
So regarding rescheduling

We can’t, there’s too much involved to get one race done on one day and it’s not feasible to have a rain date

The upside is that the kid’s korse is always ready for any size crowd to tear it up head to head or on strava anytime

Happier trails

The grasshopper


(Wouldn’t it be slick if we could get a few days time in a totally empty monster warehouse?)
 

pxs231

Active Member
Have you considered working with Cranks around the Campfire? A good chunk of the same kids will be there anyway and making a course at the camp would be pretty easy.
 

overbrook

Active Member
Yeah, the Hilltop Grasshopper Kid's Bike Race was canceled in 2018

Heavier rain, the kind that hurts, those big blueberry size drops that aren't stopped by tree cover

Lightning and thunder and witches on broomsticks

It was a monsoon on the course just after we had everything set up and ready to start on site registration

Flood water flowed across the center of the course and now that it's drying up, the rail trail segment has to be completely re worked by ???? to fix massive scouring

But it's not all doom and gloom, the Kid's Korse is rideable and still totally marked and getting out there with the kids is the right thing to do, the kid's korse is actually very resilient and drains dries quickly due to proper design and soil type, show them that sometimes a ride just get's postponed....scroll down just a little to see the strava segment for the Kid's Korse, get your kid's on strava with a screen name and let them compete whenever they want and work towards their own personal improvement

We are already looking ahead to 2019, the 10th annual hilltop grasshopper, date expected to be August 10, more as plans develop

Thanks for all the rider support for the last 9 years, thanks to Cycle Craft and the parks department too, this is a community event that receives gracious quiet help from so many

For the kids in Grade 6 thru 12 who want to really get busy with more riding and maybe some racing, check out NICA, this is the best thing that ever happened to kid's mountainbike racing, not just in NJ but across the country, there's likely a team near you that is stacked with kids and parents who like to ride for fun
 
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