We are on borrowed time and the holes that are dug right next to the trail to sprinkle fairy dust on landers or to build new ramps with the grand canyon close by,(at least it could be another tourist attraction )are exactly why the greenies have all the ammo they need to label MTB's as vandals
my 2c
Maybe if less people rode in the wet and less people do skids and less people slam brakes leading into jumps there would be much less maintenance to do.
You build with dirt, people complain about holes, you build with wood people say it looks like an industrial zone, you ride in the wet they complain about ruts...
Quite frankly people that complain all the time but couldn't be bothered to come and help out are wasting their breath. It is very easy to say get the dirt somewhere else when you are sitting at home complaining on the internet, but if you are there by yourself in the blistering heat or the cold wet rain... it gets a bit harder.
I mean honestly, how dare you insinuate that the builders are 'lazy' for not getting dirt from far away so you don't have to look at big holes when riding a track that only exists because of all the years of sweat and effort that a few have put in.
Many people use the place, even some famous ones. There is a reason for that. The people responsible for making the place ride as well as it does are the reason.
Funny fact: about half the builders don't even own computers or never visit this site so they NEVER see this sort of message. Some are so disgusted by the bickering that goes on on the forums from armchair trail crews that they no longer bother using these forums at all.
The majority of the builders are well aware of how bad the holes look. They never wanted the bloody things in the first place, but wood wasn't good enough. Wood had almost zero impact on the environment as the builders never had to dig massive holes, never had to clear all the vegetation and no ruts form when riding on wood.
Of course you end up with complainers about how bad the wood looks and how we aren't Canada etc etc. The greenies come in and rip down the trails that took a LOT of sweat and effort to build, it gets rebuilt, it happens again, switch to dirt... meanwhile people keep complaining that things aren't done the way they like.
Newby builders are constantly coming in and building random things (creating more holes and wood/carpet/crap that needs to get removed later) that don't flow or work and then when it gets "fixed" they bitch and moan and have the audacity to claim they are the work force behind oxxy!
The wood that gets ripped down does get removed (usually by the same people that made the effort to bring the materials in, build it, maintain it and then later they also make the effort to remove it), but clearly not in the time frame that is to the liking of people like you. Clean up Aus day is coming, plans are in place to use that day to clear out the wood (as has been done for the last 2 years).
A LOT and I do mean a LOT of crap has been taken out of that place by the main crews that were not responsible for putting that crap there in the first place. Do you think they enjoy spending a weekend cleaning up other peoples shit instead of getting a good ride in?
Before posting shit like this on a forum, think... put yourself in someone else's shoes for a second and think...
