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09-22-2022, 07:27 AM #4001
We are our own worse enemy
Have you ever been hit by a descending rider? It happens to me every year. Freakin last year it was two guys from the same NICA team on different days. While I've never been creamed, I have had numerous encounters where guys finish their skid touching me or with me having to bail. It's changed how I act when climbing and made me super aware coming around blind spots on trails. That shit scares me on the bike. On a horse it would be terrifying. So, I hate horse crap and I hate the way they damage trails in the spring, or after any rain. But, we could be better about managing our image.
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09-22-2022, 08:07 AM #4002Registered User
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I find that not riding in the main descending line around blind corners works really well to avoid conflict.
IDK if this is you or not, but there are folks who live and die by "ascending rider has the right of way" instead of using common sense to try and share the trail and avoid conflict. Its these folks who seem to have the lion's share of bad encounters with descending riders, and seem to be looking to find things to grumble about during their recreation. they are also the same people who drive the speed limit in the left lane, because they legally can.
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09-22-2022, 08:17 AM #4003
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09-22-2022, 08:32 AM #4004
I know it has a lot to do with where I am. Huge numbers and a lot of entitlement. My daughter had to bail from a guy descending Armstrong, a climbing only trail three weeks ago. He then bitched at her for making him slow down.
Regardless of my gaperdom, I still say, we have our contingent of entitled dumbasses. Even if I am one of them.
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09-22-2022, 08:33 AM #4005Registered User
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I could be wrong, but doesn’t that article say they’re building 35 miles of new MTB-only trails? If I were a horse person I’d be happy mtb-ers would have their own trails and probably stay off the multi-use trails.
Or maybe the horse folks could petition to build some horse-only trails. But oh wait, they rarely do their own trail work and prefer to complain and try to ban other people from “their” land. Oh and enjoy riding on the mtb-only trails when they’re soft.
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09-22-2022, 08:40 AM #4006
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09-22-2022, 08:42 AM #4007
Not very relevant here. The plan they're litigating involves segregated trails. Any trails you'd imagine 'downhilling' on are bike-only. There will be some new shared-use trails on low-angle terrain that generally has long sightlines. Bikes are excluded from the historic road network where most equestrians currently ride.
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09-22-2022, 08:44 AM #4008Registered User
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Pretty much. At some point, if that much conflict is happening to you, you really need to take a hard look at what you might be doing to attract that conflict.
Its pretty easy to recognize the corners with poor sight distance where conflict might happen while riding uphill, and choose the line where a descending rider wouldnt ride, or where they couldnt hold any speed. Its also pretty easy to avoid riding up popular descending trails, especially at high usage times. Common sense, and situational awareness go a long ways.
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09-22-2022, 09:04 AM #4009
Absolutely. Every group has its share of assholes, and mountain bikers are certainly no exception.
The difference is, when confronted with user conflict, mountain bikers tend to acknowledge that they need to better police their community, and perhaps make some changes to the trail system to reduce conflict. Equestrians, on the other hand, file lawsuits to keep everyone else off the trails. And in this particular case, they're filing a lawsuit to prevent the exact kind of changes to the trail system that would reduce conflict.Last edited by toast2266; 09-22-2022 at 09:26 AM.
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09-22-2022, 09:19 AM #4010one of those sickos
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Huh? Do you never ride actual singletrack or bench-cut trails? We're not all riding on 6 foot wide paths where one can just stay off to the side and leave room for descending bros to blast past.
Courtesy and attention are required, and uphill has ROW. DH riders should stop, not just ride off to the side and make trails wider. Keep singletrack single!
But yes, uphill riders need to pay attention and be aware. On the very popular bi-directional trail near my house I often whistle or call out when approaching the many blind corners on sidehills, and I recognize that even if both people are being careful it's impossible to eliminate the risk of a head-on.ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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09-22-2022, 09:32 AM #4011
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09-22-2022, 09:58 AM #4012Registered User
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09-22-2022, 10:03 AM #4013Registered User
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yep i do. Though, I try and avoid the popular descents if i do, or take logging roads if they are an alternative. If i am stuck on a two-way singletrack i usually am super careful and try to stay out of the mainline (even on a 18" wide trail, there is going to be a mainline) and hug the uphill on benchcuts. Never had an issue or collision, but im also happy to drop a foot at a moments notice to get out of the way on the 1% of the trail where sightlines and hearing dont allow me to know if another rider is coming. But i can usually hear folks coming before i can see them, even on smooth flowy stuff.
Im not saying there arent asshole MTB folks, or everybody rides in control all the time at appropriate speeds. I'm saying that if these conflicts happen to you on a regular basis, it's past-time to look at what you are doing to attract these conflicts.
Fair point, i likely do not.
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09-22-2022, 10:05 AM #4014yelgatgab
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09-22-2022, 10:12 AM #4015
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09-22-2022, 06:31 PM #4016
It's creeping down to the valley!! I was pedaling up Quarry trail last night, got to the only spot where there's only 1 manageable line (right before the power plant wood bridge). Couple guys are coming down and slow down to a crawl so I punch it uphill to get over the big rock... and dude decides to sneak between me and the trees. It's all gravel and polished granite in there and it's soaking wet so he gets sideways and slides into me like a confused crab. I try to twist myself out of the way and get brushed in the ribs by his handlebars. He stayed upright, I stayed upright, I just asked him WTF he was thinking, and he kept going. His buddy looked mortified, the 2 hikers who were watching the scene were shaking their heads...
Getting back to equestrians, had an amusing interaction with a couple of ladies last week climbing Cobblestone on the way to Flying Dog. I round a bend and there are 2 horses on the trail. Lady sees me and just blurts out "OH FUCK". OK... I was already off the bike hiking up the brushy side to give them room. I get well to the side and ask if that's enough. Oh fuck lady gives me a filthy look, her friend tells me I'm good. I figure I should warn them about the bull elk and 4 cows just around the next bend in case that's an issue for the horses. Oh fuck lady looks at me, gets all cross-eyed, and loudly proclaims "WELL FUCK". OK... guess she has limited vocabulary but I'm sure she got it. As she rides by I notice a potent booze smell and the fact that her friend is more than a bit embarrassed. Riding a horse hammered seems sketchy as fuck but what do I know. I got back on the trail and sure enough there were deep holes everywhere, cause what could be more fun than destroying a trail after the only rain we got this summer..."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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09-23-2022, 08:59 AM #4017
"Cosmetic Wear"
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09-23-2022, 09:06 AM #4018Registered User
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09-23-2022, 10:43 AM #4019
Or...let'r buck could apply here as well
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09-23-2022, 09:01 PM #4020
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09-24-2022, 08:45 AM #4021
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09-24-2022, 08:51 AM #4022
Headset on my Crux won’t stay tight even after adding a wicked thin metal spacer at the bottom of the stack. What gives?
crab in my shoe mouth
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09-24-2022, 09:11 AM #4023
Compression plug slipping? I replaced the flimsy one that came on my cannondale with a cane creek and feel a lot better about it. I had a click I couldn't ever figure out that seems to have gone away after that too.
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09-24-2022, 09:52 AM #4024
Okay good, didn’t even know about aftermarket compression plugs, thanks man. I’ll check into it
crab in my shoe mouth
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09-24-2022, 12:58 PM #4025Registered User
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So your stem must creep on your fork steerer to have the headset go loose ? you could try some carbon assembly paste on the steerer tube or SFT like that
my kid used to be able to loosen the headset from dirt jumping and a lot of hard use, I would set everything up properly but a day of dirt jumps the head set was loose
I supose I could have tried a different stem but instead I instaled a headlock, it worked/ was cheap to instal, just take out the starnut and it clamps the fork & stem together
https://products.mtbr.com/product/co...head-lock.htmlLast edited by XXX-er; 09-24-2022 at 01:33 PM.
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