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Let’s try a “forum ride” here in Austin first. We all may be as annoying as we come across on the internet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I tend to go with Hanlon's Razor with this type of thing. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Or, in this case, ignorance. The problem is that even when individuals are relieved of their ignorance, they often hold onto it because humans are terrible at letting go of their previously held beliefs. Folks don't want to think they may have been wrong. They'll think, sure, it may leave a bit of a rut, but it doesn't really matter.

Can someone dry the trails out please? I don’t want to spend the evening with my in-laws. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Too many bikes! I've got a SS and a Ripmo and I find myself riding the SS on tamer trails and Ripmo on trails that really need the squish, so it's kind of in the middle. If I had to limit myself to one bike, I'd keep the Giant and get rid of the others.

unfortunately, so much truth to this

If shaming folks was a reasonable motivator, then @RidingAgain wouldn't be posting here. Instead it will likely create a group of antagonists, some of which will do things just to spite the shamers.

I think that we have no choice here because enforcement is not practical. There will always be someone that knows better but does it anyway. Those people are the douche bags that we should consider outliers. If we can educate in a non-condescending way, most people will listen. I don’t think we want to create an “us vs. them” situation where people get shamed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Make a Spotify playlist that you can share. I need some musical culture lessons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is my contention on most of the 'mudders" I choose to believe most just honestly don't know better and this it is "part of mountain biking." I choose education!

To be honest I rode walnut muddy many times 5 years ago and I had no idea I was messing up the trail. I just met two other bikers that didn’t know either at brushy. “Isn’t mud part of mountain biking?” they understood when I explained. I think many just don’t know about the potential damage

Y'all should create a shared YouTube account so you can put these in a playlist, and I can just play them in the background while doing stuff.

If I paid $60ish to have "Please do not ride WET TRAILS" for about 50 signs, would it be ok to put them out over the BCRT trail system and Suburban Ninja? I honestly think some people just have no idea it ruins the trail. They think it is fun to slosh around in the mud.

Selfish humans don't change their ways without consequences, and we don't really have any consequences to dish out. What if we took a picture of everyone riding the trails that shouldn't be? Explain to them how they are damaging the trails, and we are taking their picture as proof they were told not to do it, and expect to never see them on a wet trail again. We could have a seperate thread called "caught riding dirty" and put their pictures in there. If nothing else, they would know that they were busted with proof and maybe not do it anymore?

Unfortunately I believe people are selfish. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

I was there around 3:45pm, as I rode to the entrance to Peddler's saw a bunch of people riding, got to the entrance and saw the chain up and very wet looking trails. I will give people the benefit of the doubt and they think "it's muddy but I'll just wash my bike and be safe so it's okay", they are not thinking "it's muddy and our soil just can't handle it and I'm going to ruin the trails". At least I hope it's just ignorance and not just being selfish...

Damn, Noel's epiphone sounds dirty AF in this version. Biblical.

Yeah, I know I helped keep the business flowing for many years. Would be good to see a shelter of sorts, give me somewhere in the shade to have my post ride beer.

It's yours! I'll hold it till we can meet.

I'll take it! The website could use some video.

People were still riding Peddlers when I went through around 3:15pm today. I saw lots of muddy tracks on the concrete. I let a few of them know it was too muddy.