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That's not universal among new riders. I wonder if its more common with people introduced to riding at bike parks? WBP wouldn't have a business if their trails weren't mostly flow, because its progressive in the sense that they are easy to roll down slowly, but can then be ridden harder and faster and with more air as the rider gets better. My 11 year olds are convinced flow trails aren't actually mountain biking (just for the record, I think that's unfair, though funny). When a techy rock roll feature on one of the Fromme trails that they were working towards being able to clean got buried in "gold" recently, erasing it, it triggered a rant that they'd stop riding if the only thing left was smooth dirt trails with berms. They refuse to ride Expresso, they'd rather go down Pipeline or Ladies (which have tons of stuff they can't ride, or need me spotting them) because every time we ride there is one more feature they can ride, and they get a lot of satisfaction from that.

The number inside the triangle doesn't mean its recyclable, its a very successful greenwashing campaign: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled

I'm doing research for a trip this coming summer (yes, I'm an optimist) with my 11 y.o.s, the reviews were pretty useful, thanks!

Posted by: syncro

It’s like a 10 minute pedal on flat ground to convenient places to park. If that’s a big concern it might be time to take up something less strenuous like knitting.

The local residents don't want anyone _riding or walking_ on Indian River Drive, either, its not just about cars. There are some rock climbing areas that got developed down there, and lots of stories of climbers getting hassled as they walk into or out from the crags.

Its difficult to understand how we got here. On the one hand, its a private road on public land, that seems wrong. On the other, I've heard claims that there have been accidents, and the local residents have had to pay legal costs, and were not happy. The road owners legally have the right to kick people off their road, and there is no benefit to them to allowing access, so they do kick people off (or at least some do, others might not care and drive quietly by). This is probably made worse by lawyers and insurance corps, which see zero benefit in trying to accomodate other uses, and of course, whatever level of government which was so short-sighted as to allow private roads to be built on public land without an understanding that the public could at least benefit from the use of the road!

Haven't been down Pipeline since spring, has the woodwork been reassembled yet?

I'm considering whether its worth switching tires come the November rains. ATM I'm running Maxxis Minion DHR II on the front, and DHF on the back. I'm not a tire afficiando, I can't say that I've ever noticed a difference between the varioux Maxxis tires I've run, other than the big difference between new and old (and bald). I also haven't convinced myself that one tire model is better for front vs rear. My tires wear at different rates so I usually only replace one at a time, and I put the new tire on the front.

That said, I don't like my front wheel slipping on roots during the winter, so maybe I should pay more attention to my tires. Bike shop sales people certainly think I should :-).

I'm curious, do many people find it worth runing different tires in winter vs summer?

Posted by: ben.rogers

One can hope lol, at least rebuilding those two optional lines on the left over the swamp and on the right after the tree seems reasonable as they were more recently torn down

I never rode the line over the swamp, it was already chainsawed apart the first time I rode CBC, but I've tried to stand on its remnants on a rainy winter day, and it was slippery like greased ice. Was it a dry-weather-only feature, or did it just get mildewy after the vandalism?

I'd be happy with just the disintegrating rock on the trail being patched up, even without the cool features coming back.

I like hard rocky tech riding, but I'm not sure that the transitions in the trail were meant to be that rock-gardeny, I'd be happy to help with any efforts to repair them, but I'm not sure who's doing the work, if anyone. It'd be nice to see the side trails shut down, too, I've seen whole caravans of riders cutting off the trail and riding (skidding) their way through the forest to avoid riding the trail :-(.

Posted by: grambo

Sea to Sky traffic is so bad these days, especially on weekends, that a bike park day ends up being 12+ hours away from home/kids so it's a tough sell. Being able to go rip park laps at Cypress for an afternoon, 25-45min drive each way from Mount Pleasant depending on second narrows traffic, would be awesome.

That's my experience, too.

I don't love park riding, but what I really don't love is the drive to Whistler. I took my yearly trip a couple days ago, left Vancouver at 8:30, was standing in line at WBP at 11:18, then waited half an hour while the lift was serviced (that was bad luck). Last time I drove back from Whistler on a Sunday evening, it took more than 3 hours to get to Mt. Pleasant. That's a lot of driving for 5 hours of riding. Its  true that I got to spend more of the time riding the fun direction, down, in WBP, but its a long day.

I don't know if these things make any different, but interesting to find this:

https://www.change.org/p/cypress-mountain-please-open-a-bike-park-at-cypress-mountain 

Lots of hills in BC are running bikes in the summer, and with the number of riders locally, I can't see them being anything but hugely successful. The long-range outlook for winter snow isn't looking so good lately, either.

Anyone know if there is a back story to this? Zoning or local municipalities opposed, perhaps?

Its possible that having a bike park on the shore would take some pressure off for more park-style "flow" trails on the local trail networks.

Yeah, I'd like to see a way for there to be more planned trail development, but if the answer is always "no", I can see why people just stop asking. And then get accused of working outside the process, which is pretty opaque.

Thanks @Evil_Bumpkin. I recognize CBC now that I watch again and know what to look for. The river below the log isn't visible.

Its surprising to me that mtb companies would release film shot on unsactioned trails, that's not something that happens in rock climbing -- not without an uproar, anyhow, remember Dean Potter climbing the Arches. Maybe its just harder to notice? As evidenced by me not even recognizing a trail I'd been riding over the fall, and hiking over the winter...

Pet peeve --- posting videos without listing the trails in the credits. WTF?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwaUcx7h73k

0:53, where is this?

1:12, the near and background trail, where are they?