r-u-ride-n
03-13-2002, 11:14 AM
Previously Posted********************
ChocoLoco Says------------------------
Signs can't be expected to replace common sense. When the parking lot is full expect more riders. Turn the walkman off, look ahead, listen for other riders.
While a couple of people have made comments here about knowing the IMBA rules of the trail, there's lots of weekend riders at WC that don't. That's the signage that should be put up in the parking lot...yesterday!!! (IMBA sells them on their website fairly cheap) Lots of first-timers, families w/the truckload of Huffy's etc. are finding WC and have no clue about this stuff. Educate them before they leave the parking lot...help them to not get lost w/a suggested route...let the rest of us enjoy the place as we have for years.
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1st I would like 2 congratulate Jkarnes on the map. & all of u 4 caring n your own way.
Getting the family unit 2 read a sign would be the best way 2 educate the newbies & beginners. Make the sign attractive 2 kids & intriguing 2 adults. Post all messages, suggested loop info & suggested directions of the trails n English & Spanish. Put pictures or drawings of things 2 do n the park on the sign 2 attract the kids. Place the sign near trash cans so adults & kids will c it when they throw away their trash (in a perfect world).
There will always b 1% (of every group...mtb's included) that will do what they want 2 do and no one will change them.
The vandals will continue 2 vandal until we show them that we have more will power. We will continue to place signs, ride & maintain trails until they get discouraged & go somewhere else (hopefully).
Through responsible riding technics, we can set the example 4 others. The reason parks has the 10mph on trails is probably because 2 many cyclists have blown by hikers & runners without warning or slowing down. Next, they will make us walk all the downhills if people don't stop skidding their rear tire causing the trail 2 become a washboard.
Cyclists r the majority user on the trails, we are the majority when it comes 2 trail building & maintenance, and we r the majority that other trail users complain about to parks.
We have 2 police ourselves, or we won't b allowed on the trails n the future. With this forum & all of us communicating, even if at times we agree 2 not agree, is the best thing that we have at this time.
Parks evidently has some other agenda that is more important than ours, so we have 2 do this ourselves. It's not a club thang, a u thang or a me thang.....it's a us thang.....brotha's & sista's!!!!
ChocoLoco Says------------------------
Signs can't be expected to replace common sense. When the parking lot is full expect more riders. Turn the walkman off, look ahead, listen for other riders.
While a couple of people have made comments here about knowing the IMBA rules of the trail, there's lots of weekend riders at WC that don't. That's the signage that should be put up in the parking lot...yesterday!!! (IMBA sells them on their website fairly cheap) Lots of first-timers, families w/the truckload of Huffy's etc. are finding WC and have no clue about this stuff. Educate them before they leave the parking lot...help them to not get lost w/a suggested route...let the rest of us enjoy the place as we have for years.
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1st I would like 2 congratulate Jkarnes on the map. & all of u 4 caring n your own way.
Getting the family unit 2 read a sign would be the best way 2 educate the newbies & beginners. Make the sign attractive 2 kids & intriguing 2 adults. Post all messages, suggested loop info & suggested directions of the trails n English & Spanish. Put pictures or drawings of things 2 do n the park on the sign 2 attract the kids. Place the sign near trash cans so adults & kids will c it when they throw away their trash (in a perfect world).
There will always b 1% (of every group...mtb's included) that will do what they want 2 do and no one will change them.
The vandals will continue 2 vandal until we show them that we have more will power. We will continue to place signs, ride & maintain trails until they get discouraged & go somewhere else (hopefully).
Through responsible riding technics, we can set the example 4 others. The reason parks has the 10mph on trails is probably because 2 many cyclists have blown by hikers & runners without warning or slowing down. Next, they will make us walk all the downhills if people don't stop skidding their rear tire causing the trail 2 become a washboard.
Cyclists r the majority user on the trails, we are the majority when it comes 2 trail building & maintenance, and we r the majority that other trail users complain about to parks.
We have 2 police ourselves, or we won't b allowed on the trails n the future. With this forum & all of us communicating, even if at times we agree 2 not agree, is the best thing that we have at this time.
Parks evidently has some other agenda that is more important than ours, so we have 2 do this ourselves. It's not a club thang, a u thang or a me thang.....it's a us thang.....brotha's & sista's!!!!