The Bridges of 6MR

[Dusty the Whale]

@Pearl @capedoc @Dusty the Whale the fight club ride that one time........

When a certain someone just tipped over in the water?

 

[walter]

When a certain someone just tipped over in the water?

I didn't say it, you did.......

 

[Dusty the Whale]

I didn't say it, you did.......

No names were used

 

[Mitch]

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I remember when this was down to just the supports with no log ladders left. That was a tucker

 

[w_b]

I had a nite ride 6M issue years ago, into some water on blue, before a certain bridge was built. No probs after the bridgebuild washed my hands of the dirt.

 

[MadisonDan]

On a sidenote, @MadisonDan rode in 2010?!

Strange, right?
I actually rode a bunch in the early 90’s. Greenbelt/Stillwell on LI. Then stopped for years. 2009 was when I started road biking, and a buddy got me back out on the MTB occasionally, mostly with LewMo and 6MR because that’s all he knew.

 

[Kaleidopete]

will this small bridge qualified for the history? Installed with Leo and Neal in 2009

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wow...that's nicer than the one at Wawayanda!

 

[stb222]

rTalk, it is great to remember all the sketchy things we have seen and who fell off what. But we should be mindful that it probably isn't the best idea to document the history of who go hurt where in the park and the history of when and who may have put a structure someplace.
@Patrick can assume the liability of assessing the bridges with his PE license on the line, so that is up to him.

 

[Patrick]

So if nobody talks about it, it didn't happen.

 

[skully]

So if nobody talks about it, it didn't happen.

First rule of fight club ?

 

[stb222]

So if nobody talks about it, it didn't happen.

No, doesn’t mean you add gas to a fire that isn’t there

 

[capedoc]

@Pearl @capedoc @Dusty the Whale the fight club ride that one time........

Member that time I brake checked @Dusty the Whale on that one rickety bridge and he fell in the creek? Circa 2010.

 

[Norm]

He was still Mr. Chainsaw back then.

 

[bonefishjake]

The one time @bonefishjake came south to ride 6 Mile. Hes like "I got an hour and a half". We hit plaid on the way back to the 27 lot, it starts to sleet or some shit, everything is covered in ice and he literally slides off the one bridge but somehow catches himself and is dangling over the water but hanging on with one big, sexy, muscular arm. He broke his bell. And maybe a rib or 2, but he got home on time.

This is a true story and has fueled a decade long fear of ALL MTB-related bridges.

 

[Big Dumb Animal]

My very first ride with @Pearl on an old Y frame trek. Came around the bend bouncing on that thing like it was a pogo stick and right into the water. Of course James snapped the picture instead of helping.

 

[Ian F]

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Ah... I miss that bridge as well. I never went around it. I forget how I rode it the first time (might have been following) but by the time I realized how rickety it was I was going too fast to abort. After that it never bothered me.

 

[GSTim]

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That one was my fav! Always loved hitting that at full speed. Many people I rode with wouldn't go near it. 😂

 

[Patrick]

I went to look for the old sketchy bridge on red - see if there was anything still there.
It is slightly down-creek of these (left of the pic).

Coming from South Middlebush Rd, you might see this on red, just after the white split.

It is the old trail to the water crossing. The deer may still be using it, cause it looks like it gets some traffic. I guess at this point i could reclaim the wood.

The old concrete pieces are still there. But there is no sign of an old wooden bridge that just scared the hell out of me!

successfully crossing went "that way"

 

[avc8130]

The bridge on the left isn't there any more, right?

 

[Patrick]

The bridge on the left isn't there any more, right?

which picture? the log ladder bridges are all gone.
the double bridge on red - both are still there.