Albert

Are they still charging $10 to ride out there, even though half the trails are now gone?  Just curious.

Thank you for the continued updates, I look forward to getting out there and seeing what everything looks like now.

Thank you for the continued updates.

1 hour ago, throet said:

Not sure if the trails are even dry enough yet, but I'm out for tomorrow morning due to workers being here at the house.

I'm going to try and get a lunch ride in tomorrow though if things dry out enough. 

Well, it sure is crazy windy today, so that will have helped!

3 minutes ago, olddbrider said:

Can somebody show (or tell) me where this new trail is on the map above? I ride Suburban Ninja almost every week but I don't think Boat Trail is on my normal loop.

 

I'd also like to know this, thanks!

7 minutes ago, Chongo Loco said:

I’ll just deal @Albert  Don’t want to add that much trouble for you if there’s just a few of us using it. 

No, I want to fix it.

3 minutes ago, Chongo Loco said:

Has Tapatalk login started working for anyone yet? Not sure if it’s fubar still or I just forgot my password again. 🙄

No, and Tapatalk ignored my message to them on their forum, so I'm going to install a version below the very latest (which they changed significantly and I could not get to install) and see if that works.  Tapatalk sucks.

6 hours ago, throet said:

Is there an option to get the previous/next page buttons back vs. having to type in an actual page number? 

I will fix that soon, I don't know why the theme broke like that, but it is stupidly annoying!

On 9/22/2021 at 10:41 PM, dlstyley said:

Does anybody else use Tapatalk to browse the forum?  Recently quit working for me just for this site.  Wondering if it is due to the update.   Behavior is that I get “server configuration” errors when I login and when I try to browse forums they appear to be empty.   

Still working on this, I installed the latest Tapatalk plugin but it's not working, so I'm waiting to hear back from Tapatalk for a solution.

18 hours ago, AntonioGG said:

What happened to the ignore thread feature?  At the very least it seems to have forgotten my preferences.

It was disabled when I upgraded the forum.  I just installed the latest version and re-enabled it, so it should be working again.

54 minutes ago, quixoft said:

On a side note, I haven't ridden 1/4 Notch in well over a year(because I keep breaking myself and having surgeries). Did the technical features get more technical or am I just getting old and worse at riding. Seems like erosion has made some things I used to breeze through much more difficult.

I'm guessing it's just the erosion.  Rode Pace Bend yesterday for the first time in over two years and I couldn't believe how much erosion has taken place there.  So many rocks and so much rougher along many of the singletrack trails.

On 9/22/2021 at 10:41 PM, dlstyley said:

Does anybody else use Tapatalk to browse the forum?  Recently quit working for me just for this site.  Wondering if it is due to the update.   Behavior is that I get “server configuration” errors when I login and when I try to browse forums they appear to be empty.   

Let me take a look, I may need to install a new version of the Tapatalk plugin.  I rarely use it myself, and I forgot to check after updating the forum.  Will get that done today.

On 9/19/2021 at 6:40 PM, AustinBike said:

Will do. Possibly next week, this week is a mess.

Sounds good...

20 hours ago, CBaron said:

I hate being a complainer but....its cumbersome to have to scroll all the way to the bottom to "mark forum as read".  Seems like that should be a button that is at the top of the page for efficiency sake.  File this complaint with their UI Dept.  🙂
 

Later,
CJB

Is this something that changed with the update a few days ago? 

21 hours ago, notyal said:

This seems a bit off.

Yeah, that's broken, I will fix that today, thanks for pointing it out.

22 hours ago, AustinBike said:

I could be convinced of that.

Let me know if you want some company!

6 hours ago, Barry said:

This comment goes for Millican  as well;

When finding a route out there, DO NOT USE ProjectMTB! TrailFork shows 2× the number of trails for Lake Brian than on ProjectMTB. There are trails on both sides of the lake and it looks like nearly 20 miles now. 

Amd ProjectMTB doesn't even show Millican.  But TF shows a newer system of trails in the North Eastern area. So probably a decent number there as well. 

Or use Strava Heatmaps. But ProjectMTB us pointless these days.

Thanks for the heads up, since I often use Trailforks when I'm on trails I'm unfamiliar with (which would be the case with both Lake Bryan and Millican). 

4 hours ago, AustinBike said:

Have not been there in a long time. Went out there with JRA close to 10 years ago.

That is a long time ago!  Seems like it might be time to visit again, along with a trip to Millican Reserve.  🙂

Has anyone been out to Lake Bryan in the last few years?  Just curious what state the trails are in and if people feel it's worth the trip out and back.  I've never been out there, so I figured it might be worth checking out.  Looks like there are 25 miles of trails total between the two trail systems (west and east).  Could be a fun day of riding.

Thanks for any insight!

Has anyone ever ridden the trails at Millican Reserve in College Station?  Is it worth going out there? Just learned about these trails today -- to ride you need to join their Conservancy, which is $10 per month.

https://www.trailforks.com/region/millican-reserve-19219/

Here's information on the conservancy (website doesn't render quite right for me):

https://millicanreserve.com/member-signup/

Thanks!

Yes, I updated the forum yesterday. There are a ton of mostly minor changes and bug fixes, as well as some interesting new features I haven't played around with yet.  

if you see anything outright broken, please let me know.  🙂

33 minutes ago, GreenMTBrider said:

Didn’t seem like we got a lot of rain last night, but trails are fairly wet this morning with lots of caking on tires. Hopefully with sun it’ll dry quickly. 

It poured quite hard in Round Rock last night for a bit, so not surprised the trails at Brushy are fairly wet this morning.

5 hours ago, TAF said:

Let us know if you need $$ to keep place running and bot-free.

The costs aren't too bad, the commercial forum software is a few hundred dollars a year, the SSL cert isn't too bad, and I'm hosting the site on one of the dedicated servers I have with some other sites on it (this isn't a very high-traffic site).  I hate bots and spammers, so I don't mind putting in a bit of extra effort to help insure their appearance here is very rare.  I do need to update the software to the latest version soon, which brings some nice, new functionality as well as the usual slate of bug fixes.  I plan on doing that in October.

21 hours ago, AustinBike said:

I've also been in proximity of several rattlesnakes out there. One got a dog and one was the loudest that I have ever heard in my life. My guess is that they might be easier to recognize in the daytime (light) hours. 

I've seen rattlesnakes twice between Hogg and Overlook.  During the day, snake just sunning itself on the trail.  They seem to be pretty stubborn and don't like to move without a lot of coaxing. I saw a snakeskin hanging from a tree between Cedar Breaks and Cedar Hollow.  That's always a bit disturbing.  😄

20 hours ago, JRIDER said:

I rode out there once at night and it seemed much harder to navigate in the dark compared to brushy.   Parts of the trail are not as defined because it's just rock .  I had to stop several times to backtrack to find the trail again.

I think I've only ridden some of the northern part of LGT at night (Overlook to Hogg or Russell and back, if even that far).  I've always wanted to do a complete lap at night, would be fun.  I find that I ride a bit faster on trails at night.