[Closed] Who else hates "boardwalk" ?!

shocking stuff - i dont even really see where this trend came from/started?????????

and whats more annoying to me personally is most of the time where they decide to put it, it could easily have been replaced by lovely singletrack 🙁

Oscillate Wildly - Member

and whats more annoying to me personally is most of the time where they decide to put it, it could easily have been replaced by lovely singletrack

Aye, that does annoy me. When it's spanning a bog or something, that's one thing but not when it's just good forest floor and it's been added just as someone's idea of a feature. Short balance/techy sections, sure, but not for long bits.

shocking stuff - i dont even really see where this trend came from/started?????????

It started in the old-growth forests of North Vancouver and was, and is, used to make unrideable parts of the terrain rideable. Over time, as the riders have become better at riding and building, they have grown more "creative" with their woodwork.

I think it is fantastic if used and designed in the right way.

I'm not quite sure why people have such a hangup about it? Why is it different to any other bit of trail? You wouldn't fall off a piece of singletrack, so why would you fall off boardwalk? It's also perfectly easy to assess the grip conditions and take action accordingly, exactly as you would if you were riding roots or mud or slippy rocks.

I agree with those who find it a bit pointless when someone builds some across a perfectly adequate piece of ground instead of "proper" singletrack, but it definitely has it's place when attempting to cross boggy ground, or even stuff that's too rocky/not enough gradient to ride.

JonEdwards - Member

I'm not quite sure why people have such a hangup about it? Why is it different to any other bit of trail? You wouldn't fall off a piece of singletrack, so why would you fall off boardwalk?

For the same reason I can ride along the kerbstones or white lines all day, but struggle to ride along a log twice as wide but 2 feet up Put it over a stream and all bets are off.

i blame binners

Northwind - Member

Oscillate Wildly - Member

and whats more annoying to me personally is most of the time where they decide to put it, it could easily have been replaced by lovely singletrack

Aye, that does annoy me. When it's spanning a bog or something, that's one thing but not when it's just good forest floor and it's been added just as someone's idea of a feature. Short balance/techy sections, sure, but not for long bits.

yep exactly - if its there to get over water crossing/ bogs etc etc extreme mud then fair enough - but why on earth designers think its a good 'feature' to put on a trail is beyond me - its dangerous in anything other than dry weather, and most of the time its simply just boring - its not fun at all to me.....again it goes on and on in alot of places where it would simply be alot better to just have nice flowy singletrack - i guess some people must like it, but its not for me

Awesome!

Frikkin hate it - the stuff at Fort Bill Red is wider than any piece of singletrack, but just anchor up at every bend. Proper fear and mental issues with it

Hey Stevey, bad luck mate! Out of interest what trails at Falkland were you riding?

I think its pretty pants as well, especially in the snow with no chicken wire, when you're racing.