New pump track ‘just perfect,’ says enthusiastic young rider

The City of Windsor officially opened the first asphalt bicycle pump track at the Little River Corridor on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Ryan Bertrand, 14, takes a spin on the track. PHOTO BY DAN JANISSE /Windsor Star

The official opening of Windsor’s first-ever sanctioned bicycle pump track on Thursday was backdropped by whirling cyclists having unabashed fun.

These are young enthusiasts who’ve been riding it daily since it unofficially opened a week ago, eagerly watched its 12 weeks of construction and are former riders of the homemade and unsanctioned dirt tracks — demolished by the city — this new $150,000 asphalt pump track is meant to replace.