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I run cushcore and the SRAM folk reckoned you didn't need them with these wheels due to the design. I'd love to take their word on that, but it's a big ask when you're paying so much for the rims.

Ah, gotcha. Can't say too many of the trails I ride have corners like that on, so it's a bit of a muchness for me personally.

I gave these a go the same weekend, took them for a rip down Crazy Train and Hey Bud. I didn't notice the rear losing traction before the front, but I only weigh 140lbs. They felt nimble and tracked better than my current E13 TRS wheels. Comfy for sure. Hard for me to give any insight into how much better or worse they are than any other carbon wheels though I've not ridden any other.

I might be wrong, but I think they have to run the open chair lifts slower for sightseers due to an unfortunate accident on one of the chairs a few years ago. Bikers are uploading only and need a given level of physical fitness to ride the park so they don't need to slow the chair down if it's bike only.

And as usual, there's no rebuttal. /thread.

Posted by: FLATCH

Posted by: BeesIntheTrap

That's such a shit attitude. If someone goes and spends their time and effort building a trail and says no ebikes or dont ride in the rain or whatever, we as riders should respect that.

So no unicycles either right?

Yawn.... 

Maybe try answering why it's not a selfish "me, me, me" attitude?

That's such a shit attitude. If someone goes and spends their time and effort building a trail and says no ebikes or dont ride in the rain or whatever, we as riders should respect that.

There are trails in whistler that get fucked at the start of year when thier wet despite signage and trail forks saying keep off while we maintain it and it drys out. 

Its a selfish attitude and not one I want to see more of the bike community. If ebikers are going to have the same attitude then any goodwill they might have currently is going to go out the window very quickly.

Posted by: syncro

same can be said for how things are now or if ebikes are banned. if there is no level of enforcement then people will do what they want to anyways. for example, how many people ride the darkside even though it's off limits? even when the park rangers are monitoring things there are still people taking their chances. 

I see parallels with other situations where ease of access is a huge determining factor in how often an event occurs. If things are easy and convenient they'll happen more often. There will always be people who don't respect the rules for their own personal enjoyment or advantage, doesn't matter if it's riding closed or off limit trails, doping etc. The easier it is to do, the more it'll happen. I bet that Lord of the Squirrels will see many more ebikes on it this summer compared with last, even though it's now more widely known that it's not allowed, simply due to there being easier access to ebikes and more people owning them.

High traffic trail that doesn't deal with the rain that well and the builders and Worca would like to keep in reasonable condition. It gets a lot of snow melt and run off just due to it's location. It can also be closed at this time of year due to bear habitat. 

Trailforks should be the go to for everyone in the sea to sky for trail conditions imo. You don't even need to be a member to use it.

Good way to get an idea is scroll back to last year's reports, last year microclimate mid/late June, LOTS mid July

Aye, did have a look at that, but with this years snow pack being a lot shallower I was thinking it might be gtg a little earlier. Then again, I suspect it'll also depend on how much remedial work needs done. 

Microclimate is free of snow and running great. No signs that it was closed.

Worca don't tend to put up signs but update trailforks

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/micro-climate/

Any bets on when LOTS might be good to go?

Similar with Micro Climate. I had heard it wasnt so far away before Worca updated the trail forks status to closed, but if closed for bears I don't have a lot of info on their habits.

One of the most often used rebuttals against the anti ebike arguments are that it's "a question of education and ass holes are everywhere". Which is somewhat true, but if the argument of "well, its Crown land, the trail org can't stop me riding there" is going to be used as well, that's a very short sighted and asshole move. Just because something is technically allowed doesn't mean the views of those that lobbied, designed, built and maintain the trail(s) should be ignored.

In Scotland there's the Right to Roam, so there's great riding everywhere. The main caveat is that, as usual, with great power comes great responsibility. This mainly means don't be a dick and don't cause damage to where you're riding. It's something we all understand and abide by, because if we don't then the awesome access that's there may become threatened. 

All mountain bikers should consider if trails are appropriate to ride in the rain. If they don't hold up well then sure, go ride it anyway, but then be prepared for that trail to  potentially never recover and never be what it once was. Some trails will never be suitable for riding in the rain due to a variety of features, I'm sure you know that. Should they never get built if they're only suitable for the dry? 

Honestly, I think unless you're putting shovels in dirt then we should all be aware and try not to damage trails. Whether that be cutting corners, wet weather riding or (like on Rockwork) removing obstacles/features we don't like.