I mostly grew up in Marin, and still ride there every few months. That place is the mecca of anti-bike asshats.
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Very true. Has its fair share of bike asshats too
Last time I rode there (china camp), I was passed while climbing by guy on an emtb, going mach 3 the other direction, with a stereo blasting, all on a multi-use trail.
Yeah so did I. Even late 80s early 90s there was some drama. TAM every good trail is illegal. Wait, I cant ride the 2-3 tech trails on it legally? Temulpa was the one that had some hairy spots on it. I moved back for 6 months then back down south again after realizing how shitty the trail access had become....
When I lived briefly in the Bay Area back in the mid-90's I went up to Mt. Tam to visit the "Birthplace of Mt Biking" and left sorely disappointed. 
That's the whole county. Even when they take a step forward they step back - ie, they recently made Hunters Camp in San Geronimo legal, but rerouted/sanitized it in the process. I haven't done a Temelpa shuttle in well over a decade now unfortunately.
Lmao...
Yeah I was there 2007 or so and they were not so friendly even if you had a bear bell...
Well now that would be another story...bear would be full and trails would be clear...
Grumpy asshole mode engaged.
The whole "Birthplace of Mountain Biking" crap just drives me nuts.
That shit was happening all over north america, and by my guess some in europe too.
We were building and riding home-build trail bikes in the early 70's, and we were certainly not the first. I can remember doing mtb/bmx or whatever you wanted to call it races on an outdoor moto track in 74/5. 20 - 27" wheels - run what ya brung.
The one thing that I will give you is a commercial beginning to the shit-show we have today. We just built and modified what we had, welding was down to adding gussets so it would crack in a different place.
Grumpy asshole mode disengaged.
On the expensive shuttle vehicles.
I'm now in the position where the bike is worth more than the hauler.
The whole "Birthplace of Mountain Biking" crap just drives me nuts.
That shit was happening all over north america, and by my guess some in europe too.
We were building and riding home-build trail bikes in the early 70's, and we were certainly not the first. I can remember doing mtb/bmx or whatever you wanted to call it races on an outdoor moto track in 74/5. 20 - 27" wheels - run what ya brung.
The one thing that I will give you is a commercial beginning to the shit-show we have today. We just built and modified what we had, welding was down to adding gussets so it would crack in a different place.
Grumpy asshole mode disengaged.
On the expensive shuttle vehicles.
I'm now in the position where the bike is worth more than the hauler.
I do run across em once in while like all of us and the ones that pissed me off is we have a whole network of step downs gaps drops and jumps behind my house on a hill...we built ALL OF THEM for riding..nick nestroff and his brother built a bunch as well and there are some solid stuff...
some hikers recently dug out a few jumps and step downs so it was walk friendly....
some hikers recently dug out a few jumps and step downs so it was walk friendly....
oh damn, flashbacks of my childhood. mid 70's, before bmx fully caught on, we cobbled together "bush bikes" for the trails at the end of the street. mine started as a ccm approximation of a schwinn stingray; pulled all the extraneous metal (fenders, chainguard, etc), swapped the banana seat for a regular saddle, etc, and went shredding. janky, but fun. simpler times...
Sounds like we rode the same frame for a bit. Was a bitch to keep forks on them. 24" worked a charm to slacken things out, but the added leverage meant bent steerer tubes were a constant thing. Good times.