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I rode Moab http://discovermoab.com/mountainbiking/ a few years ago. Way more exposed and rocky than Douglas. Soil was not in the slightest, heroic. But was one of the best riding weeks ever with so many options on and off bike.
National Parks equivalent do a great job keeping parks open, clean and in good repair
Town is not big, maybe 10,000 people but swells to 40,000 during peak holiday season. They have slowly built up services, accommodation, places to eat, and for a Mormon state (Salt Lake City is the home of a massive Mormon Tabernacle), the whole state has some pretty cool craft beer and general breweries, including in Moab. Some of the local brews have names to do with bikes and riding.
Craft beer got mentioned in Derby story a couple times.
Maybe we team up with local brewers to churn out some MTB themed beverages.
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All four brush cutters, cord, fuel containers, PPE and bits and pieces are now back in the shipping containers.
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How tough are our brush cutting crews? Riding those machines on uneven terrain is tricky and getting baked by afternoon sun is truly sapping. But they did it, and I am extremely grateful for every blade of grass that I didn’t have to cut myself or won’t get whipped in the face by anymore this season.
Almost all the race course is done, with some small sections on Easy Street to Backside, and Redtail-Easy link to Fruit Loop still to knock over in coming days. Queensland Corrective Services cavalry is on its way…
Thanks all for your patience with the disruptions to rides over the weekend and any of my rants and raves. Hopefully we’ll get to the rest of the Reserve, all cut very soon.
I’m off to slumber amidst the clouds and rainbows. Nighty-night.
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tried somthing frankenstein with an old mower and kinda tidied up the carpark area but hasn’t worked as well as hoped, better than it was though
Seemed ok. At least I got a place to park because of that clearing. Car park was otherwise full when I arrived.
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Long way to Top Summit done.
Crew currently on Spiderbait, then onto bits around the top, then rest of Ring Bark Frog.Still plenty of spots open 12pm & 2pm. Nice breeze on hill, gorgeous day. Good chance while cutters up top to knock off upper trails. I’ll need them brought down end of day. Please get in touch.
Race course bits lower down on Easy Street etc. will get done during the week.
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If you can head up for 6am shift (I might be asleep), just head up Windarra. Still email me with your mobile so I can text you and find where you end up to guide 8am shift.
Cutters are:
2 @ Long Way-Hammerhead junction;
2 @ up further on Long Way, 2 corners before the Tunnel of Love (tunnel thing with RnR trail going over top). https://www.trailforks.com/poi/17471/Sparkle, sparkle!
Crews are progressing very well.
Cut since 6am:
Hammerhead up to Backside, including a veer onto fire road before Long Way;
Backside to Sputnik;
Beefwood; and
Long way from Beefwood junction, toward Hammerhead junction.Refer Glenn’s pic from Beefwood – might be worth a rake, not so much the grass but all the loose rocks:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G1yxwyk1-uvakPIISO8QPy_AOEpymgqF/view?usp=sharingSparkle, sparkle!
Oh well, at least I get an opportunity to greet all the morning riders and communicate the great joy to be had by participating in our working bee over this weekend.
Some even learning about benefits to mountain biking of joining rockwheelers.
Silver linings, rainbows and sparkles, effen sparkles.
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Having trouble finding the brush cutter on ring bark frog. Someone who knows, please call me ASAP.
0428 621 five eight one
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Shifts (gunna try editting this post as emails come in):
We’re running 2 hour shifts from 6am Saturday and then from 6am Sunday. OK if folks want to do double shifts.Saturday 14th April:
6am: GML | GL | BL | PF
8am: PF|GML|?|?
10am: MJW?|?|?
12pm: GW|GW2|?|?
2pm: DR|?|?|?
4pm: ?|?|?|?Sunday 15th April:
6am: ?| ? | ? | ?
8am: IC|PG|TH|?
10am: BH|MD|?|?
12pm: BH|?|?|?
2pm: ?|?|?|?
4pm: GW|DW|DC|?Sparkle, sparkle!
Word around the rainbows was that someone awesome was comparing our Trailforks stats to of the riding powerhouse that is Rotorua. Yep, they are catching Douglas in Total Check-ins.
In fact, they had a big year in 2017 with nearly 41,000 check-ins: https://www.trailforks.com/region/whakarewarewa-forest/ridelogstats/?source=checkins
, eclipsing us with 39,000 check-ins: https://www.trailforks.com/region/douglas-mountain-bike-reserve/ridelogstats/?source=checkinsAnd yet, we’ve only got 466 unique riders adding Trailforks stats; Rotorua had 1,275 unique riders. Wow, how much do our locals really love their riding, pumping out similar activity with only 36% of the rider base. Makes my cornus go all tingly 🙂
Everyone, get your Strava linked and uploaded to Trailforks.
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