So besides bitching about demo9's eight bikes or how slack your head angle has to be in order to ensure intertube-shattering yaw, I'm trying to think of creative threads that don't suck and will help me stay pumped for the season...
So I was thinking...what makes a great trail? What do you prefer to ride on? What kind of elements could a trail incorporate to push things beyond the status quo?
We've seen the evolution (and death, maybe?) of rickety stunts and drops to flat. We've seen the huge rock huck come and go. Lately it seemed like all the rage was fast smooth "DHBMX" trails, but now it seems like those elements are being incorporated into real DH trails, things like berms and kickers without losing rocks and drops. What's next?
Last night I was thinking it might be interesting to build a trail where two paths were intertwined. Less "trail braiding" and more along the lines of two separate trails that paralleled and passed through each other. You could time turns and steep sections so that two riders starting at the same time wouldn't collide. It would make for a very visually interesting ride and might allow you to try and race your friends without having to follow them single file.
So I was thinking...what makes a great trail? What do you prefer to ride on? What kind of elements could a trail incorporate to push things beyond the status quo?
We've seen the evolution (and death, maybe?) of rickety stunts and drops to flat. We've seen the huge rock huck come and go. Lately it seemed like all the rage was fast smooth "DHBMX" trails, but now it seems like those elements are being incorporated into real DH trails, things like berms and kickers without losing rocks and drops. What's next?
Last night I was thinking it might be interesting to build a trail where two paths were intertwined. Less "trail braiding" and more along the lines of two separate trails that paralleled and passed through each other. You could time turns and steep sections so that two riders starting at the same time wouldn't collide. It would make for a very visually interesting ride and might allow you to try and race your friends without having to follow them single file.