I must be ridding a different track to your crowd?
Every one I have spoken with face to face love the trail more now. Ive said it before and again ,ONLY yes only 2 rocky sections were changed all the other rocks were not touched.So I find it extremely hard to see how any one could come up with "its been dumbed down" or "it a lot easier now".
Its all on the original foot print ,just flows a bit better now .
Happy to debate any one site on this subject to prove them wrong,just contact me.
Cant please every one, don't like it don't ride ,no one will really gives a shit
maybe the trail does flow better, maybe it doesn't.
I get that you do a truckton of work on the you yangs, and we appreciate that.
You could explain to us how you think it flows better. Being right or wrong or "debating" the merits of any one or a number of features - that comes across as "trav is right, and anyone who disagrees is wrong" your opinion forcefully put, and anyone who disagrees "don't like it don't ride, no one will really give(s) a shit".
How specifically does that sit in the context of a common resource on public land?
Anyone who uses the track has just as much right to an opinion on its merits as those who have constructed the track.
Trav, It's not
Your resource, it's
Everyone's resource.
It would be far more useful to take feedback on board, and in turn, explain your reasoning for changes in a track. At worst, you and someone who disagrees might have to simply acknowledge a difference of opinion and leave it at that.
"no one will really give a shit" is the absolute opposite of the way anyone who represents a mountain bike club, and works closely with Parks Victoria, should present themselves in person, or on a public forum.
Just out of interest, how many head on collisions on Cressy had to happen to overcome the "no one will really give a shit" philosophy, and change Cressy to a down-only track?