When did mtber's become such whingers?
I love flow trails, especially the ones that the harder you push, the more sneaky lines open up to you, and the more you get out of it. The ones that it doesnt matter how fast you pedal you wont go any quicker unless your rolling and pumping and using all the features of the trail.
I can also take mates that aren't riders out on the same trail, know they wont be walking the whole way down and will come out or away with me again.
I get a similar feeling as catching a wave or getting a line perfect at the skatepark.
I can go ride somewhere new, and wont have to ride 3 loops at a snails pace before I'm aware of all the spots that will catch me out and smash me.
I do dislike when a few switchbacks are thrown in and they call the climb technical.
Much rather something that I need to be aware of pedal strikes, that I need to throw my hips about to get up steps or over boulders.
Not sure how you can say trails are less diverse. 20 years ago we had mostly fire trails and walking tracks with a few kickers off to the side.
Vic based, wombat was mostly 4wd and shared trails with moto riders plus a handfull of singletrack. Youies was barely legal, lysterfield definitely wasnt. Few things going on in warby etc that unless you were part of the crew you weren't a told of it's location.
Anglesea, forrest, you yangs, wombat, kinglake, lysterfield, red hill, buxton, lake mountain, buller, castlemaine, bright, dozens of other legalized area's I've missed... How is that not a good thing? All very diverse area's with their own characteristics and maps are easy to come by.. Previously you would of had to know someone who knew someone who could point you to a trail head.