Given where the Chase is located, near to the massive conurbations of the Midlands it’s not suprising that there are all types, other than ‘serious’ MTB’s riding the built trails there. It’s not possible to Police who uses the trails and it’s inevitable that after watching some mountain bike film on TV or picking up a copy of MBR or MBUK in Asda that some people will think they can ‘do’ mountain biking on their £99 bike.
I’ve accepted that there are times that I won’t consider riding the Monkey and avoid it, given the traffic that the trails have I think they hold up well.
I’m more disturbed by the number of people on expensive bikes who wear body armour and have all the gear but clearly no skill whatsoever. WTF is that about?