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Close An overview of Cresta Open Space in Colorado Springs, with the left foreground being the proposed location of an envisioned mountain bike pump track. Photo Courtesy of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services

The prospect of a new mountain bike venue in Colorado Springs coincides with a struggling effort to reimagine an old one. "Its not either/or," said Cory Sutela, executive director of Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates, the sports leading advocacy group locally. But momentum sides with an envisioned series of rollers, berms and other skill-building spoils at Cresta Open Space on the citys southwest side. Meanwhile, on the northeast, dreams continue for a better Goose Gossage Bike Park. "Make Goose G...