Very true. I am one of the old farts. My opinion on “hard” is skewed as I have ridden here too long. What used to be black has been massaged on many trails. Oilcan re-routed years ago so it is no longer fall line ish and now curves around. It is no longer black. Initial first roles on Boogieman have always (at least the last 20 years), been a bit janky to role over the root and rocks. Now they have new bermed corner rolls and are much easier.
I see lots of folks riding newer trails which is great. Not opposed to having the smooth trails. But don’t like trails to get smoothed out without the original lines or difficulty preserved. Expresso used to have jank. The new Expresso was built (which is a great trail), but what would be even better is if the original was also preserved and maintained along with the new.
Riders who continue to look for difficulty just end up being pushed to non sanctioned trails. So the closer of things like starfish don’t accomplish what the district wants anyway.
Would love to see the bureaucrats understand and appreciate that not all trail work needs to smooth something out. And that there are those who appreciate the difficult trails.
Aug. 2, 2018, 10:13 a.m. - jason
Very true. I am one of the old farts. My opinion on “hard” is skewed as I have ridden here too long. What used to be black has been massaged on many trails. Oilcan re-routed years ago so it is no longer fall line ish and now curves around. It is no longer black. Initial first roles on Boogieman have always (at least the last 20 years), been a bit janky to role over the root and rocks. Now they have new bermed corner rolls and are much easier. I see lots of folks riding newer trails which is great. Not opposed to having the smooth trails. But don’t like trails to get smoothed out without the original lines or difficulty preserved. Expresso used to have jank. The new Expresso was built (which is a great trail), but what would be even better is if the original was also preserved and maintained along with the new. Riders who continue to look for difficulty just end up being pushed to non sanctioned trails. So the closer of things like starfish don’t accomplish what the district wants anyway. Would love to see the bureaucrats understand and appreciate that not all trail work needs to smooth something out. And that there are those who appreciate the difficult trails.