Some mountain biking “must ride” destinations include Moab, British Columbia, Crested Butte, and Cleveland, OH. Well, if Cleveland is not on your mountain biking radar, it should be. TrailTapes took a weekend roadtrip to Ray’s MTB, Indoor Mountain Bike Park.

Ray has turned this 60,000 square-foot, former WWII parachute factory, into a haven of free riding that mirrors the epic tracks. And because it’s all indoors, it’s open to riding in the winter. Dennis, Ryan and I made the trip and met riders from Massachusetts, Pensylvania and New York, as well as some locals.

There is a variety of riding for all skill levels. For beginners there are a couple of tracks that include low rolling bumps, some rocks and low teeter-totters. More advanced riders enjoy the technical platform where they can choose a dozen or so different riding options including an elevator, a pivot platform, a slider and a double teeter-totter, as well as three drops.

The Subaru skate park is specially designed for mountain bikes with larger dimensions to accomodate bikes larger than 20 inches. Want to try a 360 or a can-can? No problem. The GT Foam Pit is great fun. A giant approach and 5-foot ramp launch riders into a bed of foam rubber. The outer loop features a series of hips and table jumps.

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