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If anyone takes 6MR today can you post up on the conditions? Hoping it has frozen over for perhaps tomorrow morning.
If anyone takes 6MR today can you post up on the conditions? Hoping it has frozen over for perhaps tomorrow morning.
Today is the day 6 mile gets trashed. Following along jdogs comment.... If you ride here today knowing the conditions, you're an asshole.
hey guys, kinda new here but I got a question for ya,, 1.why is that everyones saying not to ride 6mr ? because of the mud? I come from a moto background so its always fun to ride the some messy stuff(imo)....this course is amazing rode blue & red a few times , so why not the extra challenge of messy conditions ? LOOK I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A TOOL!!! JUST ASKING. 2.if it causes damage to the trail then,,why is it ok to go to another trail and ride in the same conditions ? 3. Is it because the messy conditions aren't good for bikes?(at the prices you would think they could handle winter riding). just trying to get a handle on things I love to ride all year but also don't wanna be a dbag to the trail maintenace community . thanks in advance
#2: It completely ruins the place. Imagine getting excited on a good day to get out and ride (or frozen) and now all that smooth single track is ALL ruts because of people riding through the mud.
If you're familiar with trails in the area then you know which ones drain well and which don't. For people who don't know, there's threads like this one. When we had snow last week in central jersey, Allaire had no snow and conditions were awesome.
When others are putting in hours of TM to maintain the trail it's a slap in the face when people go out and destroy them. That's mostly why people in this thread get annoyed with people riding 6MR when it's wet.
...Its confusing to me that folks on mountain bikes look for smooth terrain on mtb trails...
oh, ok I get it ...again not trying to piss off anyone , ecspecially the trail mainatence guys (you guys are the truth!!!!!!!) . I will respect it and not ride this trail out of respect for the mtb comminuty, ill just stick to my local trail till spring . in ONLY MY OPINION , Its confusing to me that folks on mountain bikes look for smooth terrain on mtb trails (I wouldn't buy a dirt bike to ride on paveroads) but I guess that's what makes the world turn "different strokes for different folks "...
thanks again for the heads up & speedy replies
Its confusing to me that folks on mountain bikes look for smooth terrain on mtb trails
it's that certain trail systems offer different types of riding. 6mr is a smooth, flowy, and very fast. while ringwood would be a more rocky, technical ride. we try to make the most out of what each park has to offer.
also, different parks handle conditions differently depending on the soil make up, and grading. 6mr is a red clay and gets destroyed when ridden wet, while allaire is sandy which allows it to drain and heal well.
whenever in doubt about the riding conditions of a park, post up. usually a local rider will respond with an update.
if you are interested in trail maitainence check out the good folks at jorba.org
Hmm seems like it took me 20+ minutes to say essentially the same thing
I will stay away from six mile. Sourland would be great or chimney rock.
Both will still be terrible conditions. Unless it freezes
to ride other places besides Allaire.. which is good this time of year but need some speed... .
Besides this, (some) purist holier-than-thou hikers that don't like us anyway will point to the ruts as evidence that mtb's destroy trails. Riding in bad conditions just gives them ammo to get us tossed out of the parks.