If you can ride down it on a bmx bike or 29r, it's not a DH trail. Flow trails draw me to anger.Maybe they'll build more than 2.5 trails, and not sell out on bike park season passes like snow summit!
Prolly keep them fancy rims of yours in good shape though.Flow trails draw me to anger.
Good or bad, trails are built to the specs of the people that pay for them.If you can ride down it on a bmx bike or 29r, it's not a DH trail. Flow trails draw me to anger.
Ooh scary's a diehard capitalist, he'll totally relate to that.Good or bad, trails are built to the specs of the people that pay for them.
Get your wallet out.
Does tehachapi have terrain for Dh?
Greetings from Boulder City!
Of course,just an opinion.But mine usually are indisputable facts.Good or bad, alpine slides are built to the specs of the people that don't mind being bored to death.
Get your pillow and blanky
out.
Used lifts are surprisingly cheap to purchase and install. Also, real estate in Tehachapi is pretty darn cheap compared to just about anywhere else in California I imagine. I remember the whole area surrounding Tehachapi (not so much the town itself) to be pretty meth-y.$10 million including the lift and a village? That seems cheap... even though it looks like it could be easy access to the lift line, that is not a realistic figure.
You ever ridden one of those things?Of course,just an opinion.But mine usually are indisputable facts.
Didn't they build whistler bike park? That crappy place you travel many miles to visit?Don't let gravity logic build the ladder bridges too tall or someone's going to get decapitated by a windmill.
No billingshurst no care.Didn't they build whistler bike park? That crappy place you travel many miles to visit?
I am referring to the Big Bore flow trails as the alpine slide.You ever ridden one of those things?
They're not boring. Yes, still gay as hell if built in lieu of bike trails........but not boring.
No shlt dumbfvck. I'm pointing out how stupid that comparison is.I am referring to the Big Bore flow trails as the alpine slide.
Try and play along.
RORNo shlt dumbfvck. I'm pointing out how stupid that comparison is.
Try this: Big bore flow trails are like rollerblading down a boardwalk in runner's shorts with Richard Simmons on your back singing Liberace hits. Alpine slides are like something actually more exciting that what you've (as in you personally) ever experienced on your mountainbike at sub 30mph.
See? Much better!
Try and play along. Borrow a brain cell if need be.
so your idea of a gnar trail is picking your way down a boulder field that's borderline unrideable?I am referring to the Big Bore flow trails as the alpine slide.
Try and play along.
Good to know you're a mean drunk. Any others days to look out for?Monday is whiskey night!
Yes.so your idea of a gnar trail is flying your way down a boulder field that's borderline unrideable?
Meh. All the guys I know that bitch about them boost the shlt out of 6 foot lips on hardtails.Having ridden DH for long time and also from a BMX background i have noticed that my buddies and people i meet that hate flow trails are guys that cant jump very well and thus cling to the gnar style trails. I love nasty gnar as well just making an observation....
Point taken..i have definitey ridden some pretty lame "flow" trails that ironically did not have any.They can be done well, they just rarely are. Some of the most god awful flow-less trails I've ever been on, have a sign that reads 'flow trail' at the top.
best description i've seenMeh. All the guys I know that bitch about them boost the shlt out of 6 foot lips on hardtails.
The problem isn't 'flow trails', I mean hell, who doesn't like dirt merchant when it's in good shape, or who has a bad time rolling down the crabapple jumps? The problem is that people build them horribly because they don't know what they're doing. You should see this mess they built at stevens pass up in Washington. It's a flow trail you have to pedal a bunch on to hit weird muted out flat jumps that are about 2 feet tall. Livewire at northstar is a combination of a few good jumps, a few more buck nasty collarbone killers, and horrendous 180 degree turns that people auger their tires into that make holes you can lose a sedan in.
They can be done well, they just rarely are. Some of the most god awful flow-less trails I've ever been on, have a sign that reads 'flow trail' at the top.
I'm aware of exact figures on lifts, and even if they cheap out on a fixed triple they're running into 7figures. For the project to a legitimate they have to be looking at a detachable quad, which will increase that number significantly. Setting up a new year round park needs a detachable quad if they're going to have anywhere near the numbers to make it work, just to get people up the hill.Used lifts are surprisingly cheap to purchase and install. Also, real estate in Tehachapi is pretty darn cheap compared to just about anywhere else in California I imagine. I remember the whole area surrounding Tehachapi (not so much the town itself) to be pretty meth-y.
I agree, 'flow' is subjective and some builders get it all wrong! The most notable example that I have personally experienced exists at Vail, CO. The unfortunate trail is called "Radio Flyer". The bike park rep I spoke to described it as the trail they are most proud of. I say WTF! If you carry speed, there is a chance to get air, but with no landing. And, this continues on at infinitum. "Radio Flyer" ends with like 20 rollers in a row which is just stupid.Meh. All the guys I know that bitch about them boost the shlt out of 6 foot lips on hardtails.
The problem isn't 'flow trails', I mean hell, who doesn't like dirt merchant when it's in good shape, or who has a bad time rolling down the crabapple jumps? The problem is that people build them horribly because they don't know what they're doing. You should see this mess they built at stevens pass up in Washington. It's a flow trail you have to pedal a bunch on to hit weird muted out flat jumps that are about 2 feet tall. Livewire at northstar is a combination of a few good jumps, a few more buck nasty collarbone killers, and horrendous 180 degree turns that people auger their tires into that make holes you can lose a sedan in.
They can be done well, they just rarely are. Some of the most god awful flow-less trails I've ever been on, have a sign that reads 'flow trail' at the top.