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Yes it's just the new feature that's out of action not the whole trail.
Sorry to hear about your accident but I can't help feeling that you put this on Single Track to get this reaction and if you didn't then you should of seen what was happening and deleted your post.
Trails in the Surrey hills have to evolve as most riders advance on to new stages in their riding, The Gap jump on Super Nova had already been created by riders missing out a part of the trail with a so called Strava line. Jumping out of the bottom berm in to the next lower berm.
We have to remember that most trails that you are all riding on and enjoying are created by the same few trail builders. If it weren’t for them you would be riding the so-called tourist route on Holmbury. I for one solute these guys and thank them for all the hard work and hours they put in to make the trails safe. For instance, the trail called EVIAN the berms have been graded and fixed from brake bumps, the dangerous routes removed that can catch riders out and sight lines being cleared to make trails safer.
Yes there is a new jump line on the trail that THEY built but those that know the trail well would recognise straight away that the trail has been changed. If you were looking ahead as you should be while riding you would very easily see the changes.
If you want to know of changes to the trails why not pop into the local bike shop and ask or even ask fellow riders. You don't have to walk the trail as some have said on this thread. If you want signs and trail grading’s go and ride at a bike park.
For those that are uncertain of drops, gaps and jump get yourselves on a course or go and practice on Proper Bow's smaller jumps. Please don't spoil what is a good new feature to a brilliant trail. Just remember the trails are for everyone not just those that like to keep two wheels on the ground.
To all the trail builders out their thank you for the unpaid hours and vision that makes the Surrey Hills such an awesome place to ride.
To all the moaners and groaners that ride the so called illegal trails, take a good look at the way you’re behaving and if you want a safe trail to ride, get off your backside and keyboards and build one. Perhaps then you will appreciate the hard work that is involved.
I wish you all a safe ride and remember we ride at our own risk.
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Not even worth responding to any more. Did you really register just for that? 🙄
Lol u just did hehe
Tony b
Trails in the Surrey hills have to evolve as most riders advance on to new stages in their riding
No they don't. Not if the current tolerance of mountain biking in the area is to be preserved.
Please don't spoil what is a good new feature to a brilliant trail.
Please dont modify what was a brilliant trail so it gets closed down and gives ammunition to the nimbys
oldmansi - Member
Sorry to hear about your accident but I can't help feeling that you put this on Single Track to get this reaction and if you didn't then you should of seen what was happening and deleted your post
WOW youve been on here 1 Day and you make a bold statement like that...
you obviously have not read the entire thread and you want to get you 5 pence worth...
No.........my intention was not to have the feature taken down...
i Enjoyed the trail the way it was....i enjoyed it when the feature was made
Like i have said, i thank the trail builders for all there efforts.
i was merely telling people that it had changed and that it was no-longer roll able..
Why should i delete my thread?? because the trail is being discussed on an "[i]open[/i]" forum....its what the forum was made for...
which is why is was featured on the surrey hills MTB facebook page...everybody has a right to have a voice and for that voice to be heard..
The "feature" has been taken down....We dont know if it was the forest ranger or by another "[i]trail builder[/i]" who deemed it dangerous..
either way...its not a massive deal.
@oldmansi how dare you post on your first day,you'll never fit in with these keyboard warriors now! 🙂
OK, I think I'm going to wage in to this battle with my humble view.
Firstly, getting well soon proflexforever, its never good to hear about someone getting hurt badly on the hills. Glad that u haven't done any permanent damage.
Now on to the raging topic of the jumps. Now in the interest of fairness, i will start with the "rollies" (People not in favor with the jumps). I can kind of see where you are coming from, it is probably a bit silly to have a hole in in between the take-off and the landing, they do tend to eat your front wheel should you put it in there. Maybe the trail should have stayed as it was, it was pretty fast, but in my opinion it lacked a little flow with corners being a little tight, but other than that was good.
On the other end of the stick, we all want he sport to progress, incorporating jumps into the trail adds a technical value many may not have or need to improve on. But it is down to the rider to assess whether the feature ahead is within their ability. I am fortunate that I find not a lot really challenges me in the surrey hills when it comes to all out technicality so it probably wouldn't have fased me.
To those who have come on here to TROL (yes if u are arguing with your key board you are a trol) about the work, get a life or better get some balls! That's not aimed at your riding as i appreciate that everyone started somewhere, but more in you actions. Go up there and take part in the digging, contribute to what the trail should look like, dig a chicken line that is fun to ride rather than moan at what has been left. At the end of the day, you are not paying the trail builders to build and maintain the trails, and until then they are not really going to give a s**t what you say or think. By arguing on here you gain nothing. If you, in fact we, the Surrey Hills cycling community are proactive then we all get a better experience.
As oldmansi said, dont blame the trail builders, they put it their in the first place, u should be thankful. They have put a lot of hard work into the trails up there. if you see something new, stop and have a look, then move on. basic health and safety, I'm sure you have all come across it in your offices/workplaces.
p.s. many a jump has been ruined by people rolling over the lips, breaking and making them flat, that's probably why they put a hole....
p.p.s. to the man who pointed the ranger towards this thread, well done. you have achieved c**t level 12; the highest of all c**t levels. i couldn't think of a more back stabbing thing to do to the rest of the mountain bike community.
Never underestimate the Surrey Hills Freeride scene.
Jesus wept the OP gets it in the neck from some overgrown kids on bicycles.
Grow up. I can see both sides but surely jumps etc are asking for trouble/from the anti-bike brigade. OP sadly you've handed over potential evidence of 'see this is whats happening' to such people to use.