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bik~ shops. BUMP slowly and diligently.. . South. A non'profit statewide env:ironmental worlked at their trail,- .' ,. :." ... :. ~r~a~ization. Me~bership-based: j2~-3126. ' .! .. ; .'.' .. ,-.... ~We peddled away at it."" .. " .A!thimiRNersAlliinCe.7Qo 28th Street South. . . .~. ti. . .. :. ,. i:.' . .Ullimately;they cOfTlpleted. the job and ~su!te 2oiG. A non-profiri-iver protectionand. 'They were booted off communal trails. .1 ' th~IT)t~gr~n.t their ~rg.a~iza;ion ~.:e,r.'.m...;.is.s, . ,i.~n. created what Mountain Bike Magazine con'). d h . .... .water qualit~ stewar s ip organization. 1 so they decided. to build their own.! to create their own trails.. '.' :;. :". .siders one of the top 100 trails in the coun. d "f . A YocacY322-6395 Members of Birmingham Urban' ! "It was a 'Iong process: says Kenneth trY . .: . " ". '. I . ..;' . '. '. '..., Appilichiin Tuil ~ub of Alibimi. Hiking back'Mountain Pedalers, a group of zealous . Hester. trail czar for the group and state rep' .. ' . "We have a fine trail," says Hester. He mountain bikers. decided t({'take a seemingly ~ resentative for thelntern'ational Mountain says that it is multi-use and is open to al.1 packing club: Meetings every' first Sunday of . negative situation and use it to create a ! Bicycling Association. Hester says tliat the. people.' including hikers. '., the month at. the Vestavia Hills Library at 2 voice in the outdoor community ~ one trail at' i members met over a period of several years. "If the park had to build. this trail with p.m. 416-4810. a time. ! scouting'out a site and c9ming up with Irail '.' . 'hired labor. it would have been $25.000 a BaniihckpiddlersAssociation .. jim 'NNick's, 744 A Hitle 'over ten years ago. word carne : de~igns. Then once those were in place. they . mil~ to build.We built. from.scratch, II i9th Street South; Lakeview. Informal canoe down from' Oak Mountain state Park orrJcials j had to rehabilitate the land, wh(ch hadn't' . mil~s" . ..' and kayakirig club. Meet fqr dinner with local that most trails would be closed to off-road been maintained in nearly 30 Years.' The - '. The trail is a series of single-track concanoeists and kayak~rs. to plan lj'ips. Every bicyCling. This left many regular mountain' I parts they chose to use vyere siteso.f former nec,tors that make a loop. In the fu.ture, W d F 8 . . . . e . '1'30 p:m. ree. 7r-3254. bikers grounded, trying to figure out where . " Civilian Conservation Cor.ps camps: : '.:'-': BUM, P plans to add on to the trail. They have' B" "" ((1"1. I b h' Innln,"im inoe WJ. Canoe c u wit an . they'd ride and how ..they could. remlOdy this. : Ac~ording to Hester, these camps were . a workday once a month where the members . , . . emphasis'on'teaching better river skills and problem. ! formed during the Depression Era as tempo. maintain the trail. 1 . f . I d h 1 organizing trips. Meetings everY second "There was no organized mountain bike rary h omes or peop e oing t e 'governI The group also sponsors an annual race .. group to have a voice: says Joe Catlin, pres)'ment-spons'ored CCC work. '. . '. the:BUMP and Grind. the groupsTundraiser. :Monday at theHoover Library at 7 p.m. 982dent of BUMP. 'So in response to the closing.' I'" Gutting the land and digging out the.: .' . Last year they 'had 0~er600 racers, repre-. . . 4946 .." BUMP was formed" . . trails was n'o easy task. according to Hester. sen'ting 35 states. Their next race'is sched.Birmin~hamfly Fishin~dub. Fishing club. That was in 1989. TIlen. the club consist- . TIley had to remove an assortment o[v~s.:;: .:: :', ule~ for 1999. ~: :i. .' : '. Meeting,s every second Tuesday of.the month ed of a group of mountain bikers whowanttiges in the area. including the previous, . i ." '.. at .Sharpsburg Man()r AlJartment C?mplex' at ed to host' rides and promote trail advocacy. I draining. :'. ", . To join BUM!; call 592-BUMP or check out 6:30 p.f11.969-3868 . . In. their first attempt. they approached the . . ~It's brutal work: he says, "especially their website at www.burn{J.Org. . .' - Birmin~am Pedestriin Bicycle(odition~ An advoorrJcials at the park a.nd in 1990 C?nVinced when you g?t a. couple of computer pro"f ~a~ygr~up supporti~g i~p;~~~rrients of'

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