Once i was out trailbuilding with a big crew, and as i was crossing a little dirt road by myself, a group of dirt bikers emerged FROM THE CREEK beneath the road!
Being completely motor-illiterate, i exchanged some words with the group leader (a local guide apparently) to warn him about my trailbuilding crew. He assured me they'd never ride up or down the biking trail, as he has many other options around the hill. Bear in mind i'm pretty sure motors are banned in most of our local hill, if not all of it.
Meanwhile the other riders, all foreing, were slowly coming up the wet and rocky merciless creek, all ending to push-pull the huge motorbikes up the last riverbank. I sat on the road's edge watching this creatures do their thing as you would with a herd of boars. Everyone was skiddin, pushing, yelling, dying to get up what looked to me impossible, but in reality they all lacked both the skills and knowledge, and were too tired at that point to get a good line that was on their right before the creek ended.
I wish i saw the leader come up from that line, and maybe the only other one that did, because they made no sound as i was approaching the river, compared to the mess everyone else was making. It was clear to me that it's not really motorbikes that ruin the trails, rather who rides them. Probably there have been other motorized vehicles up your local trail before but their rider's skills left no trace.
The problem, i think, it's that any kid with a random motorbike can get into whatever unknown trail they find and if in trouble, they'd just accelerate their way out of it, leaving a mess behind. It could even be that, that guy that told you "I'm sorry" was the only one lacking the skills to go up properly (maybe he was just the only one to admit it).
Unfortunately i don't see any other solution than banning an extremely potential danger such as motorbikes from all hiking-biking-riding trails, regardless of their users. But in the end it's just really common sense ruling it, wich most people lack of more than riding skills apparently.
March 13, 2024, 1:54 a.m. - danithemechanic
Once i was out trailbuilding with a big crew, and as i was crossing a little dirt road by myself, a group of dirt bikers emerged FROM THE CREEK beneath the road! Being completely motor-illiterate, i exchanged some words with the group leader (a local guide apparently) to warn him about my trailbuilding crew. He assured me they'd never ride up or down the biking trail, as he has many other options around the hill. Bear in mind i'm pretty sure motors are banned in most of our local hill, if not all of it. Meanwhile the other riders, all foreing, were slowly coming up the wet and rocky merciless creek, all ending to push-pull the huge motorbikes up the last riverbank. I sat on the road's edge watching this creatures do their thing as you would with a herd of boars. Everyone was skiddin, pushing, yelling, dying to get up what looked to me impossible, but in reality they all lacked both the skills and knowledge, and were too tired at that point to get a good line that was on their right before the creek ended. I wish i saw the leader come up from that line, and maybe the only other one that did, because they made no sound as i was approaching the river, compared to the mess everyone else was making. It was clear to me that it's not really motorbikes that ruin the trails, rather who rides them. Probably there have been other motorized vehicles up your local trail before but their rider's skills left no trace. The problem, i think, it's that any kid with a random motorbike can get into whatever unknown trail they find and if in trouble, they'd just accelerate their way out of it, leaving a mess behind. It could even be that, that guy that told you "I'm sorry" was the only one lacking the skills to go up properly (maybe he was just the only one to admit it). Unfortunately i don't see any other solution than banning an extremely potential danger such as motorbikes from all hiking-biking-riding trails, regardless of their users. But in the end it's just really common sense ruling it, wich most people lack of more than riding skills apparently.