Mud season

[Norm]

Thought that was going to be the reply. I love watching YouTube, my favorite videos are mostly done in the UK or the PNW. These are both places where if they didn’t ride in “mud season “, they would loose most of the year. The ground makeup plays a huge part in trail design. North jersey doesn’t make it easy, no dirt and tons of rocks. The new loop in sterling is a great example of how to do it right, there is only 15-20% of the loop cut over top soil. Warthog in jungle is an example of doing it wrong. More than 50% of that is on topsoil….. sorry if I offended anyone one.

It's not really the same across the board. Take your PWN example, for instance. We have been in Vermont when it's raining and the guys at the bike shop encourage you to ride. They say that if you don't ride in the rain in Vermont, you'll never ride. But that doesn't mean there isn't a mud season up there. Because there is.

Right now is the start of mud season in Vermont, as the Slate Valley chapter has sent emails out to that end. It's not good to ride now. In the summer when it's pouring? Go for it. In the late winter or early spring? Not as much. They design the trails for this stuff but unless you pave them, you can't design a trail to handle everything.

As you can see here, the people who maintain Sterling do not agree that you can ride any time, all the time.

Jungle Habitat is good to ride like 97% of the year. It just so happens that right now probably isn't 1 of those times.

 

[V-Dub]

Thought that was going to be the reply. I love watching YouTube, my favorite videos are mostly done in the UK or the PNW. These are both places where if they didn’t ride in “mud season “, they would loose most of the year. The ground makeup plays a huge part in trail design. North jersey doesn’t make it easy, no dirt and tons of rocks. The new loop in sterling is a great example of how to do it right, there is only 15-20% of the loop cut over top soil. Warthog in jungle is an example of doing it wrong. More than 50% of that is on topsoil….. sorry if I offended anyone one.

not offended , I think the trails at Jungle suck too
those awesome loamy steep trails you see on you tube usually raked in ,ridden , videoed and then abandoned cause they get wrecked then they build another one .

 

[rjr44]

not offended , I think the trails at Jungle suck too
those awesome loamy steep trails you see on you tube usually raked in ,ridden , videoed and then abandoned cause they get wrecked then they build another one .

good ol' hollywood magic, everything is perfect on my screen but sux in real life!

 

[scott62]

 

[teabagger11]

Ebikes bro. The eBikers are riding whenever and wherever they want.

I'm just gonna pretend you didn't say that

 

[stb222]

Going to be a rough week for wet trails as everyone will emerge from inside with DLS and the warm temps

 

[scott62]

Got out early in Ringwood and the trails were extra crunchy, I am sure they are wet in the afternoon though.

 

[goldsbar]

It's case by case on the parks right now. Friday's wind did a ton of good. Two full rides and no damage done by me this weekend (okay, I accidently trenched a 20 ft section of crap rumbly ATV damaged fire road if that counts)