Dig stoke, who else likes to play in the dirt???

[californiagrown]

skinnies are fun and great for skills building.

I could not disagree more with the first part, but heartily agree with the second haha.


I miss digging. Wish the trails i moved next to allowed anything more than basic maintenance like drain clearing. Its a super popular state park and the rangers and hikers would freak out if berm were put in, or anything interesting was done. Oh well.

[evdog]

I could not disagree more with the first part, but heartily agree with the second haha.


I miss digging. Wish the trails i moved next to allowed anything more than basic maintenance like drain clearing. Its a super popular state park and the rangers and hikers would freak out if berm were put in, or anything interesting was done. Oh well.

I agree with both parts. My rear derailler on the other hand...not so much. : )

State parks where...CA or NV? A friend moved up to Reno a few years ago and was salivating over how much easier NV land managers were to deal with vs in CA.

[jackstraw]

I could not disagree more with the first part, but heartily agree with the second haha.

Ha!

I enjoy low consequence ones. Always need to be prepared to hop off to increase your chances of saving the derailleur. I made this one yrs ago now and probably have cleaned it a half dozen times out of 300 attempts. It's a tires width at the end.

[californiagrown]

State parks where...CA or NV? A friend moved up to Reno a few years ago and was salivating over how much easier NV land managers were to deal with vs in CA.

Washington. Its in a very urban area that sees a ton of hiker traffic so i can understand why it would be near impossible to get "fun" mtb trails approved. Plenty of other opportunities for me to dig, its just id have to hop in the car to get there which wastes time i dont really have right now. Way better access to sanctioned and unsanctioned digging out here than in CA.

[VTskibum]

8y/o giving a go. Needed some help up/on as entrance is a bit steep but should be good progression for her, plus my entertainment for adult friends


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[LeeLau]

Perfect dirt

[LeeLau]

Fixed Concussion Corner to make CBuster great again.

Old work had lasted a decade but some of the stumps holding up the runout had pulled out and the bank had collapsed.

Pulled out the stumps and saved them. Installed posts to shore up the bank. Then backfilled with the stumps as backup. athe rebuilt the runout with rock and soil but No Berms to keep it old school and janky... just the way it always was.

[evdog]

Back at it at my restoration project last week for a few sessions.








This is actually an "after" shot. I walked ahead to the firebreak you can just make out in the distance and then trimmed the worst stuff on the way back. It is rideable now, just a bit brushy.

[jackstraw]

This Travis tool is so amazing! Wish I had it ten years ago. Started work on a berm. It's gonna be a water trap, but I'll dig a gully on the front side to catch it.

[VTskibum]

Too much rain to ride, may as well make our hike productive.


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[hick]

^^ that is awesome! Teach em’ young that trails don’t maintain themselves!


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[thefortrees]

Mmmm… loamy bench.

[SkiLyft]

^^ that’s hot


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[bonewrenched]

Cleaning up a mini spine into a ravine.

[jackstraw]

^Ooh that looks fun!

Just adding a little something to hold the tires.

[VTskibum]

Local trail build, really local. Backyard



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[grskier]

That'll be a sick pump track!

[raisingarizona13]

Local trail build, really local. Backyard



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Shape that bad boy into a giant cock and balls. Seriously though, nice sculpting.

[VTskibum]

LOL, heart shape. Two back/right side berms will have an opposing one connecting them. Small jump line running parallel to the far straight/upper left side.

Few months ago posted some build sketches in this thread.

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[LeeLau]

Zen raking and steep corner rebuilds

[LeeLau]

Full day of solid work rebuilding sections, reloaming trails and preparing teeter totters. Great success

[VTskibum]

Was going to do some trimming on my local yesterday, but instead joined big work party on new trail at one of my favorite riding spots 30 min away.

Hip at top


into steep right hander with step-down to about where the guys are standing


into this big gap (landing close to camera)


with big catch berm right after landing


Going to be a fun one, though distance of gap is probably not something I'm hitting anytime soon.

[raisingarizona13]

Was going to do some trimming on my local yesterday, but instead joined big work party on new trail at one of my favorite riding spots 30 min away.

Hip at top


into steep right hander with step-down to about where the guys are standing


into this big gap (landing close to camera)


with big catch berm right after landing


Going to be a fun one, though distance of gap is probably not something I'm hitting anytime soon.

That looks real fun! That dirt makes me jealous but dang, that's a big build for a hand job.

[jackstraw]

Blowing out little berms with the Travis makes a huge difference. I'm finally spending a little bit of time enhancing what exists instead of new. So many corners need a tire hold. I'm only doing one slice down then a slice in front pulling that back and up. So the firm dirt that actually holds the tire is shallow. Of course I drifted up and crashed.

[VTskibum]

That looks real fun! That dirt makes me jealous but dang, that's a big build for a hand job.

Probably close to 15 of us chipping in. Not sure how many dig days before, trail definitely nearing completion though.

Also one from my backyard pumptrack nearing completion. Ripped a bunch of laps tonight w my daughter


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