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10-19-2021, 10:57 AM #801
Obviously means something different to everyone, but I'd call schleyer at Whistler a good example of tech flow. It's rocky, and line choice matters, but if you get it right, there are smooth lines to be found and you can carry your speed well without a lot of hard braking or pedaling to get back up to speed.
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10-19-2021, 11:04 AM #802
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10-19-2021, 11:20 AM #803
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10-19-2021, 02:50 PM #804
Portal, last single-track of Porc Rim in Moab, Original Sin/No Joke/Ride Don't Slide in the Whistler Bike Park, the original descending portion of Hangover in Sedona, Boogieman on Seymour, ... that's some good times tech-jank descending.
Personally I enjoy tight turns here and there but not if its a trail that's meant to cater only to riders who only know how to ride one kind of style and have little to no slow speed skills (this describes a lot of riders)
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10-19-2021, 04:26 PM #805
We have a lot of granite boulders, whalebacks, and spines, so we aim for those on the builds which is the tech. Between those features is decent single track and I've been trying to build faster sweeping 'flow' turns whenever the terrain allows. Our next build should potentially be the flowiest trail to date. But until you get going and see what's below the leaf mulch we won't know. We have a lot of sharks at and just below the surface, so for a trail to be and stay buff it take a lot of luck or a lot of dig work.
I don't have many pics and I think bike pics are horrible (mine anyway) in that it looks way easy in the pic. Anyway, this flow berm is on the most technical trail in the whole network. Just getting to this is very difficult, so most people haven't ridden it. Then it leads to the steep drop pic that continues to a speed turn into a drop air. Super fun line. Then the rest of the trail kinda beats you up tech wise.
Last edited by jackstraw; 10-19-2021 at 05:56 PM.
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10-19-2021, 09:45 PM #806
That terrain looks super fun to build in Jackstraw. That's definitely the kind of stuff I enjoy the most. We've been doing some builds that have both machine and hand built sections thrown into a single trail. I like it when you sort of utilize different styles into one trail and make it all come together. I kind of like all of it honestly. Flow, tech and even mellow xc all can have an art to them. I totally geek out for trail building!
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10-20-2021, 08:05 AM #807
Is Captain Ahab this tech flow you speak of?
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10-20-2021, 09:16 PM #808Not a skibum
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Best techy flow trail I can think of that I’ve ridden:
https://youtu.be/J_P9iCl3bc4
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10-20-2021, 10:01 PM #809
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10-21-2021, 07:59 AM #810Registered User
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10-21-2021, 08:41 AM #811
Agree, I like it all, but my favorite is tech with fast sweeping turns thrown in here and there. That's my utopia.
Edit to add that my 'lunch' ride spot is super easy terrain, so the trails are naturally easy. In that network I specifically added a lot more twisty and tighter turns to add some degree of difficulty or fun to it. I also aimed for every downed tree available and turned them into a skinny as an option. At the same time I have a few just fast wide open turn trails. It's a pretty good mix, but not tech. A lot of people bring their kids and beginners out there and really enjoy it.
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10-22-2021, 06:00 PM #812
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10-23-2021, 02:03 AM #813
https://youtu.be/cfbGxRvMgCE
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10-23-2021, 05:54 AM #814Not a skibum
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10-23-2021, 03:35 PM #815
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10-24-2021, 07:35 PM #816
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10-28-2021, 02:29 PM #817Registered User
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10-28-2021, 04:14 PM #818
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10-28-2021, 06:05 PM #819Not a skibum
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Dig stoke, who else likes to play in the dirt???
^^^ Wtf? Bikes are more capable than ever yet everything is a dirt road.
Accidentally posted this in the duplicate thread earlier. Trail sanitizers out in force trying to ruin this small Little Rock move up/downhill at my local. Everything else is green/blue, this is about the only black rated trail w signs stating such and people still do this nonsense.
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10-29-2021, 01:54 PM #820
Nor'easter took this one down. I'll turn it into a nice little skinny.
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10-29-2021, 03:09 PM #821
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10-29-2021, 04:10 PM #822
Is this right after the bridge? I loved that spot. I truly cannot imagine the thinking that leads to this. At least it looks like the roots are just covered and the soil might wear back down to expose them again...?
Edit: I do usually hate when people complain about trail builders but this leaves me baffled. I hope this doesn't portend machine smoothing of the more natural upper trails.
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10-29-2021, 04:57 PM #823
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10-29-2021, 05:08 PM #824
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10-29-2021, 09:29 PM #825
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