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FJ... Again... You just support my point with this... "...with the permission of the city and specific trees were flagged and catalogued that we could not cut..." and this "...and sometimes Trail stewards get a call from angry land owners or managers about whats going on."
What you said fully supports that the trail builders do not have the right to do whatever they want. Which was my point.
What is it that is so difficult to grasp?
And as you said, every community will have people who think they can do their own thing – and unfortunately many do.
Excellent point... The further out from the city you go, the more freedom you have.
The problem I see here in Austin is that as the city grows, with most of the growth coming from migration to Austin (people with different views to long-time Austinites), there'll be more competition for the natural resources that were once more available (less developed), and less crowded. And these people pay taxes and many feel they therefore have a say in how these resources are developed for public use. Walnut Creek is one example. And it seems Brushy Creek is beginning to feel a few waves as well. South Austin is a bit off the residential development target at the moment, but who knows what will happen in the future.
Now... The above said... There is a matter of sustaining the trails that get developed. It's one thing to build a trail, another thing to maintain it. For that we need hands, and these hands will come from the people who use these trails. So the more people that use these trails the more opportunity to get the hands to help maintain the trails they use. Which brings up the question of how do we get more people using these trails... Especially as mountain bikers.
I think jazz hands may help.
There's been a really narrow tree gate on the BCGB for years. Like 10+ years. Yeah, it's hard to get my 800mm bars through it, but it was a challenge. Some asshat recently cut one of the oaks. I was pissed, it's actually ruined several rides - as I'd pass the previous gate I'd just start an internal rant about pussies who can't ride, entitled millennials, the builder's vision, etc.
Well, guess what I saw today. The most gloriest of glories. I swear to Christ almighty I let out a heartfelt whoop and a Volume 11 'Fuck Yeah' when I saw this:
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Some ornery bastard was upset enough to take action. It's beautiful. He glued/screwed the damn tree back! Who does that? The vision on this guy - holy shits! He's the fuckin' CEO of the Greenbelt at this point.
To this unknown trail-savior, The Oatmeal said it best:
"Hat-tip to your magnificence! May a squadron of beautiful vaginas find their way to your crotch by day's end"
Fuck yeah man.
Is this the little rocky uphill gate after the small creek crossing? I love that one.
When I first got my Scalpel SI the VERY wide bars really messed with me going through tree gates. Places that weren't an issue before were suddenly trying to bust my knuckles. Just part of riding, cutting a tree because of it should result in public ass beatings.
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Gluing a tree together? That's a thing?!
The tree is dead. Gluing and splicing it back together won't bring it back to life. But if somebody cut the tree down so their handlebars would fit - they have a problem again.
I can't believe someone would have so little skill and so much self importance that they think cutting down a tree is appropriate. I hope I am wrong with that interpretation. But the theory fits.
I think it is cramsay that has a signature that says " Go over the rock. Go around the rock. Don't move the rock." Same with trees. Up your skills. Don't dumb down the trail.
I have had success blocking trail sanitation. Usually the thing I do to "repair" the sanitation, stays. More often than not actually. I think that the "helper" sees that someone has made an effort to undo their "help" and hopefully they say, "whoops, I guess that wasn't as good of an idea as I thought it was."
I hope that is the case with this effort too. It's a cool effort!
I noticed more trees removed from this trail. We've got a regular Paul Bunyan out there.
just because you enjoy playing slo-mo limbo with young oaks doesn't make you a better rider. It just means you like playing slo-mo limbo. people get too hung up on a single tree, not seeing the forest for the (now missing) trees.