This reaction seems a bit over the top. Are you suggesting that Deniz's opinion is supposed to represent that of the entire mountain bike industry? If so, why? I can tell you that Deniz is no elitist gatekeeper.
And what's so wrong with suggesting that people get better at riding bikes, rather than making trails easier to ride (for the record, I'm specifically talking about _existing_ trails getting modified so they are easier to ride)? Just because the wider culture and industry seem to promote "safe", wheels on the ground "flow" trails, doesn't mean we as individual riders can't have differing opinions.
I guess if you want opinion and commentary that more closely aligns with the industry at large, there's that other website.....
March 16, 2022, 2:35 p.m. - Ryan Walters
This reaction seems a bit over the top. Are you suggesting that Deniz's opinion is supposed to represent that of the entire mountain bike industry? If so, why? I can tell you that Deniz is no elitist gatekeeper. And what's so wrong with suggesting that people get better at riding bikes, rather than making trails easier to ride (for the record, I'm specifically talking about _existing_ trails getting modified so they are easier to ride)? Just because the wider culture and industry seem to promote "safe", wheels on the ground "flow" trails, doesn't mean we as individual riders can't have differing opinions. I guess if you want opinion and commentary that more closely aligns with the industry at large, there's that other website.....