"The geometry and controls of the Santa Cruz Bantam are such that I was able to forget I was on a bike, and left me feeling like I was skipping along the road super-fast without any effort. I know that sounds cheesy."
The notice Mark Davidson posted on the Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz website was headlined "The end of an era in Aptos." It's news we call knew was coming and still it stung a little to read it.
Velocity Bike Park at Mount Hermon, possibly finished as early as summer 2015, promises to be a mountain biking destination like no other in Santa Cruz County.