On the 2nd day in Bentonville… we actually went to the neighboring town of Rogers, AR to check out the Railyard & Lake Atalanta. The Railyard is a skills/jump park, and right next to it is natural singletrack on the Lake Atalanta Trail system.

Unfortunately some of the lines at the Railyard were closed as a result of all the rain they’d had the previous week. The rain had left ruts in some of the jumps. Our only options were the novice line, and the intermediate line. Both of those were still fun, although the jumps on the intermediate line had extremely steep lips, almost vertical. This is better built for a bmx or dirt jumper bike than a mountain bike. It was difficult to even come close to clearing these jumps, because they send you straight up. Not to say that my jumping skills are top notch or anything!

All was good here until Kyle decided he wanted to try the wall ride on the intermediate line. I had skipped it myself. It takes a lot of speed, and the right angle of the bike. It didn’t go well for Kyle, who ended up rolling his ankle. He didn’t really crash that bad, he stayed upright, but when he put his foot down his ankle gave out. So his day was done. Chris also had to take off and head back down to San Antonio, so it was just myself, Andrew & Mike left to ride the trails.

I was actually surprised at how good those little segments were on this trail system, given that it doesn’t get a ton of fanfare. There were some fun downhill runs, and a little bit of chunk. We also took the scenic paved boardwalk around the lake. This whole area is just super nice! I really wish there was something similar close to me! I guess Arbor Hills is the closest thing to it, but around here we simply lack the elevation.

I wasn’t sure how the video would turn it, without a whole lot of footage to work with, and a lot of it being the same runs at the Railyard, but I ended up loving how I was able to put this together! It became a really fun video! Hope you enjoy it!

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