GROC Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists

New York Time Artcile
Adventurer
Bringing the Mountain Bike to Metropolis

Shawn Jeppeson negotiates the off-road singletrack at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis.

By STEPHEN REGENOLD
Published: April 27, 2007

Ever since the mountain bikers arrived, the freaky Goth people with vampire teeth don’t hang around much anymore.

Theodore Wirth Off-Road Cycling Trail, Minn.
 
T. C. Worley for The New York Times
Shawn Sheely at the off-road cycling trail near downtown Minneapolis, where an 18-inch-wide dirt singletrack traces circuitously through the woods.
And the big scary naked men peering out of the woods? Fewer and farther between, said Josh Erdmann, a longtime area rider.

Indeed, at the Theodore Wirth Off-Road Cycling Trail near downtown Minneapolis, where an 18-inch-wide dirt singletrack traces circuitously through the woods, mountain biking has altered the milieu of the place.

“That creepy nude beach down the hill hardly comes to mind anymore,” Mr. Erdmann said.

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