Breaking Ground & Pedaling Forward: New Bike Park Coming to Saratoga Springs
Bike park depicting all three phases of development. Photo: Saratoga Springs DPW.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A new bike park is coming to Saratoga Springs this summer.
A ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony was held April 28 behind the Weibel Avenue ice rinks where an asphalt pump track will be constructed during the next several weeks.
The new construction represents phase one of a potential three-phase bike park that will provide a recreational space for bicyclists in the city.
“You don’t need a fancy bike, you don’t need a specific sort of bike. You will be able to enjoy the bike park on whatever equipment that you have,” said Anna Laloë, executive director of the local youth cycling organization Saratoga Shredders.
The group, which also goes by Shredders MTB, first proposed the pump track and bike park concept to the Saratoga Springs City Council in 2022. “Shredders is all about breaking down as many barriers as possible to get more kids on bikes,” Laloë said.
The city of Saratoga Springs committed $400,000 toward construction of the park with Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner securing additional funding, said city Public Works Commissioner Chuck Marshall.
Groundbreaking ceremony at Saratoga Springs bike park on April 28, 2025. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.
“This park is many years in the making and I’m proud we can bring this new recreation amenity to Saratoga Springs,” said Commissioner Marshall. “Many people worked tirelessly to see this through including Anna Laloë from Saratoga Shredders, support from Assemblywoman Carrier Woerner, multiple City Council members including former DPW Commissioner Jason Golub, and the Recreation Commission, along with DPW and Rec Department staff.”
Phase 1 calls for the construction of a Velosolutions asphalt pump track. American Ramp Company will build the park. The anticipated completion of the first phase is this June.
The park will be free, open to the public and ride-at-your-own-risk, Laloë said.
“The second and third phases – one is what we call a bike playground, a smaller version of this asphalt track, but it’s for our younger riders, our beginning riders and it’s also accessible for adaptive equipment,” Laloë said. “The third phase will be a jump progression line. That will be for our more advanced riders that like to send it a little more.”
The idea is for people to bring their own bikes initially. The expectation is that a set of borrowed bikes will be available after the completion of all three phases. No anticipated timeline was discussed this week regarding future phases. Those remaining phases will cost approximately $650,000 with $400,000 previously pledged funding from Assemblywoman Woerner to support the construction of the bike park.
Commissioner Marshall was joined by Mayor John Safford, Recreation Commission Vice Chair Michelle Merola, city staff, and representatives of Saratoga Shredders during this week’s official groundbreaking.