[johnbryanpeters]

Pisgah Forest Site Being Considered For Incinerator – Pisgah Forest, NC

A site in Pisgah Forest is being considered for the construction of an Air Curtain Incinerator (ACI), though no official applications for permits have been filed, yet. According to a public notice for an air quality permit filed in March, Wood Recyclers, Inc., has submitted an application for a...

www.transylvaniatimes.com

 

[Westy]

Open pit incinerator, sounds high tech. Although probably an improvement over the large brush piles that normally get burned in place in that corner of the world.

 

[jstuhlman]

dunno about that but the eco conscious crew has put a plan in place to re-route middle black trail out there this summer. fuckers.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

dunno about that but the eco conscious crew has put a plan in place to re-route middle black trail out there this summer. fuckers.

You mean a section of Black Mountain or something else?

 

[jstuhlman]

You mean a section of Black Mountain or something else?

yes. they redid the lower part maybe 5 years ago (making it more "flowy" and in my eyes not as fun, but also faster and more dangerous, because they piled cut things to the side so if you happened to get off course and wreck you'd impale yourself). the middle part, which i love due to its ongoing erosion, and challenge, is apparently both not favorable for either the increasing traffic in the area or the way it drains sediment into the nearby waters. thus, a reroute.

stuff like that is why i prefer riding in the grandfather district, but even that is getting more attention and unfortunately more "help."

 

[Westy]

yes. they redid the lower part maybe 5 years ago (making it more "flowy" and in my eyes not as fun, but also faster and more dangerous, because they piled cut things to the side so if you happened to get off course and wreck you'd impale yourself). the middle part, which i love due to its ongoing erosion, and challenge, is apparently both not favorable for either the increasing traffic in the area or the way it drains sediment into the nearby waters. thus, a reroute.

stuff like that is why i prefer riding in the grandfather district, but even that is getting more attention and unfortunately more "help."

I love it when a trail that has worn to a hard surface is rerouted with a fresh dirt ribbon that will erode just the same way in the name of "sustainability"

 

[canadmos]

yes. they redid the lower part maybe 5 years ago (making it more "flowy" and in my eyes not as fun, but also faster and more dangerous, because they piled cut things to the side so if you happened to get off course and wreck you'd impale yourself). the middle part, which i love due to its ongoing erosion, and challenge, is apparently both not favorable for either the increasing traffic in the area or the way it drains sediment into the nearby waters. thus, a reroute.

stuff like that is why i prefer riding in the grandfather district, but even that is getting more attention and unfortunately more "help."

That'll be a sad day. Black Mountain is one of my favourite trails because of that high speed rowdyness.

The stuff above the flow section was running awesome last winter. Like riding a bucking bronco.

10/10 would bang again. Keep the gnar!

 

[jstuhlman]

That'll be a sad day. Black Mountain is one of my favourite trails because of that high speed rowdyness.

The stuff above the flow section was running awesome last winter. Like riding a bucking bronco.

10/10 would bang again. Keep the gnar!

that's why i prefer to ride where we went!

 

[SuboptimusPrime]

Hasn't this work on middle black been imminent for some time? Last time I rode it (over a year ago) I silently bid the current trail goodbye... Guess I'll have to milk in a few more runs.

Regardless agree that a lot of the remakes are a step backward (at least until they get blown out again)--I dont love what they did to lower black or Avery either. I will say that new Spencer was pretty good--different from the original but still pretty damn fun. I think a lot depends on who gets the contract to do the work.

 

[jstuhlman]

Hasn't this work on middle black been imminent for some time? Last time I rode it (over a year ago) I silently bid the current trail goodbye... Guess I'll have to milk in a few more runs.

Regardless agree that a lot of the remakes are a step backward (at least until they get blown out again)--I dont love what they did to lower black or Avery either. I will say that new Spencer was pretty good--different from the original but still pretty damn fun. I think a lot depends on who gets the contract to do the work.

yeah, i've heard rumblings about it for a while.
shrimper's doing the work. i think in general he does a decent job within the constraints he's given. you've got until august to hit it before it "closes."

 

[canadmos]

#protectthegnar

 

[Changleen]

I don’t know the details of what’s happening for you but it sounds a lot like what happpens fairly regularly on our ‘grade 3’ and sometimes ‘grade 4’ trails. I totally agree, to me it is more fun when it is tougher and harder. Flow trails absolutely have their place, and some of my favourite trails (maybe even my favourite atm) are ‘flow’ trails but, Yeah, Gnar!

So to get to the point, we have had a lot of success advocating for more grade 5 and 6s. I think people understand there is a place for these for a certain significant percentage of riders. Maybe advocate for the trails you love to be boosted to a 5 or whatever and advocate for a new 3 to built as well?

 

[canadmos]

How about trails being renamed?

Below are some changes to a local forest:

The big riding area in Toronto, the Don Valley has also had a sweep of renaming lately.

Some I agree with, due to some misogynist notes, but others are just people being delicate flowers about trail names that have been around for decades.

 

[Westy]

How about trails being renamed?

Below are some changes to a local forest:

The big riding area in Toronto, the Don Valley has also had a sweep of renaming lately.

Some I agree with, due to some misogynist notes, but others are just people being delicate flowers about trail names that have been around for decades.

No Traily McTrail Face?

 

[canadmos]

No Traily McTrail Face?

You'd need a sarcasm disclaimer sign, to go along with that one.

No trail name for you!

 

[Jm_]

How about trails being renamed?

Below are some changes to a local forest:

The big riding area in Toronto, the Don Valley has also had a sweep of renaming lately.

Some I agree with, due to some misogynist notes, but others are just people being delicate flowers about trail names that have been around for decades.

The ones on the left are basically all of our winter trails.

Stranger, Rambone, First Blood (off of Rambone), Spooky Girlfriend, Southern Comfort, Tequila Twister, etc..

 

[Changleen]

BNHO translation please?

 

[canadmos]

Big Nut Hanging Out

 

[Stewart Blick]

I prefer to ride where I went.