In the fall of 2020, Bartlett Athletic Recreation Association’s Director Annette Libby formed a mountain bike club for students in grades 3-6. The club rode two days a week — Tuesdays and Thursdays — in the fall and the spring with coaches Mike Ahearn and Robert Chase.
Riders met at the new Morrell Family Community Complex, just off Route 302. On trails created by Bartlett Conservation Committee member Mike Morin, Tyrol Trails’ Chris Lewando and Pro Tunes’ Jeremiah Beach, students learned valuable mountain bike skills while having fun. Using REI grant money, Nat Lucy’s donations of equipment and time and other volunteers’ efforts, an entry-level skills course and pump track were constructed to challenge and teach young riders.
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