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Milwaukee River Trail Work at West Bank of the Milwaukee River, north of Pleasant valley

June 25, 2012 from 5pm to 7pm

We need to put the finishing touches on the new trail section - improving the tread, clearing sight lines, and closing the fall line trail.See More

Jun 25, 2012

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Kevin Wright commented on Harold Schmidt's event Milwaukee River Trail Work

"According to Ann Brummitt (a biker herself & executive at MRGC), the goal of the coalition is to work with land owners & County Parks to get the trails approved for everything non-motorized, including mountain biking. The mission…"

Jun 6, 2012

Kevin Wright commented on Harold Schmidt's event Milwaukee River Trail Work

"Wish I saw this yesterday. The MRGC sounds like the best way to get biking on the Milwaukee River trails legalized. Without permission, riding on them is seen as illicit activity by virtually everyone else using the trails. To me, its either assert…"

Jun 5, 2012

Kevin Wright commented on Kevin Wright's blog post "Multi-Use" Trails & biking

"Just spoke to Ann form the MRGC, sounds like they are working on getting the trails approved for biking with low impact on the environment. I will definitely give them a hand whenever feasible. If I'm not mistaken the meet up location is…"

Jun 5, 2012

Marty Weigel commented on Kevin Wright's blog post "Multi-Use" Trails & biking

"Welcome to the dilemma that is MTBing the "River Trails"... Currently NONE of the "trails" along MKE River are legally open to MTBing. Metro is working with the Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition to develop a management plan for…"

Jun 5, 2012

Kevin Wright posted a blog post

"Multi-Use" Trails & biking

Hey everyone, I recently moved to Riverwest and noticed some great rough trails running along either side the Milwaukee river. My question is can I Bike on them? or do I have to stay on the oak leaf and beer line "trails"? I have spoken to a few people at the County Parks office and have heard contradicting views on the matter. Any thoughts on the subject would be much appreciated, thanks!See More

Jun 4, 2012

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Kevin Wright replied to Marty Weigel's discussion Future of Crystal Ridge?

"Bike parks are huge right now, and Milwaukee is prime real estate for a serious one. Just look at what bike parks are doing for Colorado's tourism for proof of how much potential these destinations have. Currently the only parks I know of are…"

Jun 4, 2012