Aye, I don’t like the mixed up trails either- I get the concept but it just takes away half the point of having an uplift with loads of trails. Why not put the tech on these ones and the jumps on that one and let people choose what they want to ride? I don’t think they’re too well executed either- from a trailbuilder’s eye point of view the changes in style and demand are a bit abrupt and untelegraphed. Still good trails mind but could have been thought out better. For someone like me that can pretty much handle whatever, it’s just annoying but for a less confident rider that’s got to be a problem sometimes.
Still looking forward to getting back mind!
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, but it wipes the floor with trackdays for me. £30 instead of £150+ just for the ‘tracktime’ not taking into account the other expenses etc. But it’s just way way way more fun to me as well.
I think it’s pretty different in some ways, I loved the open pit days frinstance where you could realistically just go out and smash out laps til you ran out of arms or petrol or binned it- I did one day at knockhill where I only stopped when the track was closed, I could barely hold onto the bars to ride home, it was awesome. You can’t really recreate that constancy, (if that’s a word, which I doubt)on mountain bikes. But a conventional fast/slow sessions day really I’m the same, it feels like a similar sort of thing (wait/go/wait/go) but with more investment and probably less reward.
I miss the motorbiking very much sometimes but pushbikes just work out better.