The jumps are small but if you know how to use them you can boost some major air. Maybe learn how to jump and you’ll enjoy it more and see how it is more than a little xc trail. The trail was built for fast flowy fun, not for climbing up berms with your face at bottom bracket level.
No one cares about how fast you go bud, fill your boots, it was built by the builders to go fast! if you wanna post it on strava to stroke your ego go right anead. If you wanna stick your thumb up to spite the people that built this trail, go right ahead.
At the end of the day this is a trail that is unsanctioned and we want to keep it around. Thats it. We. Like. To. Ride. This. Trail. Putting it on strava and riding it dangerously jeopardizes the future of this trail. People enjoy riding this trail. It’s fun as hell. We want people to be able to continue riding this trail. Dont be selfish and try to use it respectfully so it will still be there. Have you ever considered the reason a builder is so stringent with these rules is because they want a future for this trail, maybe even a GASP sanctioned future?! Seriously guys lighten up and use your head
Lol, dude, all you guys need to do is stop harassing people, and stop worrying about what people do, the problem that never existed will fix itself if you guys just stop.
As I said before, I am not knocking the trail, how many times do I need to say it, its fun, I don’t ride it “backwards”, I do the jumps (I can jump just fine), I have personally respected the wishes of the builders since this issue came up years ago, as far as how to ride it.
All of that stuff isn’t even an issue anymore is it?
I think this all would have been a non-issue if the approach to the public was more respectful.
Calling people you don’t know an asshole because they use an app… harassing them on the app and social media. Demanding that people you never met follow your rules with no rationale is just insane to think it would do anything but piss people off.
A little sugar goes a long way in life and you receive what you give in this world.
“ been an evolving issue for over 5 years now, with kind requests being met with self entitled sneers, with signage being broken and trashed, with multiple hours of hard work rammed into the ground by misuse and carelessness. All people see is the straw that broke the camels back but there’s been tons of straws and many attempts at diplomacy.”
Don’t gaslight. Brent was literally harassing people since the start. Going on to their personal rides and calling people “Cpt Straightline” and other crap. He even harassed Jamie Lamb who was only here for a week in the summer and had no clue what was going on, only that some guy was attacking him on his Strava for some reason. I had to eventually block him on mine. Why on earth do i have to do that? Just look at this post. I honestly can’t believe it wasn’t taken down by the admin from the start based on the adversarial tone. So don’t pretend that we were asked politely. You need a better ambassador. Nuff said.
Can confirm. Online stalking and harassing on Strava from the initial contact has been my experience too. The aggressive, adversarial statements and online swearing at me ensured that I’ve strava’d every ride there since.
And this is one of our local Trailforks admins folks. Glad I know all of the systems since they keep disappearing from the only app that is actually good for navigating trails. Next thing you know the non sanctioned trails in fight will be removed.
Yes @a.mart I am a trailforks admin, I talk to higher up admins about many of the actions regarding removal of trails they have all been done at the request of the landowners. I will always respect the landowners wishes, they could do much more than remove them from a map, like at evil birch where they literally blew up the original entrance, if you have a problem with that talk to the landowners yourself.
And since he is in charge of approving trails good luck getting anything added.
I wonder how Trailforks would feel if they knew about how one of their admins interacts with local users.
I’m sorry @streetgang in hindsight I misread your comment. Yes I commented on some of your initial rides where your rode line 25 backward, could I have been more tactful, yes, but what’s done is done. I can’t change it now. Go ahead strava your rides I don’t care, it is only the segment map I am really concerned with
The second half of your statement after “nuff said” is the farthest from anything I have ever said so i appreciate you rereading what i have wrote and deleting it.
