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So doing everything once yields me about 20-21 miles now. Maybe 22 miles when all of Peddlers Pass and Mulligan dries up.  I think the only thing I've never bothered to add is The Peddler's bike shop out-n- back. For anyone who's ridden that bit, is it a worth while addition given the neighborhood spin to get to it?  

It looks like the trail portion is almost 2 miles, and the road spin is only about 1 miles. So my total ride would work out to be maybe 26 miles. 

You can create a pretty long route if you Start at Red Horn/Peddlers.

I do that trail (suburban ninja) it spits you out by Gumdrop/Anklebitter. Then you do Gnargasm and Caddyshack. Then onto the bcrt over to Peddlers then(maybe Mulligan) to Decpetion to Rim to Snail. Then Bcrt back to Picnic X and Picnic then (maybe do Mulligan ) and then Bcrt either back up Sub Ninja or just take Parmer or neighborhood adjacent to Parmer back to the the Peddler bike shop/ Red Horn.

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Someone tell Seattle we don’t like their rain totals and we don’t have the soil for it. 
On a serious note, all the rollers/berms looked decent other than those last two.  I also wasn’t sure the best place to throw the water since there was trail down hill, but throwing it slightly uphill seemed redundant. 

Guys, I need some clarification on Spider Mountain pricing in order to set expectations with management.  Everybody talks about the lift tix being $50 but from what I can tell from the site, you need a land pass to get in as well.  Another $50.
From the site:
$50 - Our bike park lift ticket includes one full day of unlimited uplift access.
$50 - Even if you aren't riding the lift you need to stop by the ticket office and purchase a land access day pass.
That sounds like $100 to me.  What got me to thinking was the pricing and verbiage around the season pass:
$199 - Our bike park season pass is good for unlimited uplift access until 4/30/19.
That doesn't sound like any sort of season, at least not around here.  Assuming that was posted in, say, January - Jan 1 thru Apr 30?  4 months?  That's an odd length of time and an odd time of year to boot.  *I* interpreted it as a year pass that gets you park access (land access) AND lift access until Apr 30, then after that you can get in for free (until, say, Jan 1 2020) but you have to buy a lift ticket if you want to ride the lift.  I could be wrong.  It got me to thinking, though, like I said.  It seems to highlight a distinction between getting into the park and getting lift access.  Either that or they really are talking about a third of a year, which seems weird to me.
So am I looking at this wrong?  Does the $50/lift, $50/access thing mean they want to get $50 out of you to step into the park, and if you want to ride the lift then that's OK, or do they really want $100/day for the full experience?
-cls

Since I'm in newborn duty for a bit I requested all this. If I can't ride neither can ya'll!


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Not to derail and this can be answered elsewhere but what is the correct response to that?
It’s been told to me and my response with the eff bomb and douchebaggery was not well received




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Dang Radical City! Don't tell anyone there's a B route, they will ride it in on their own. What u gonna name this segment so I can KOM it?

I had a spare 30 mins so I made this on Snail. Fun lil wall ride. Go hit it. It needs a few more small trees removed to increase flow radius. But I hit it multiple times .

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Most our trails are in a transition zones so the soil types are mixed. But I believe the vast majority of the soil we do have is Hoston Black which is black gumbo . It has a high clay content and poor drainage.

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The Dallas club has signage at each trailhead that notes if the trail is open or closed to the public with large signage and posts conditions continuously on DORBA.org.  Would be difficult at trails like WC and Brushy, but might be worth a thought.

All of the trails still have parts that are sloppy messes. 

Thanks Kent. I'm copying and pasting this write up when needed. Well said.

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I've finally caved and joined...what did I miss? 

Still working on my coffee so the answer may be obvious ... but why can they ride wet trails and we can't?  Why does it destroy our trails but not theirs?
 

A while ago I stopped to fix a flat and found an arrowhead...

Good to know, thanks.  Are they only responsible for this portion fo the BCRT (that is, from where it starts on Harry Man Road to the YMCA)?  There are other portions in Round Rock.  Is Cedar Park not involved in management of the trail and/or parks?

Cedar Park is very good about repairing damage to their portions of the BCRT.  I've seen them out many times putting down fresh crushed granite over the years, and they also built several culverts in the recent past to help prevent standing water in many locations.  

As far as sign maintenance goes they don't even maintain the signs that they installed for the hike and bike that point out natural features. I would think if we want signage it would be up to us to install and maintain. As far as the county being overburdened with upkeep, I don't know that I've ever seen any upkeep actually being performed at brushy. Aside from cleaning the hike and bike when we get a real turd floater rain.

The Kiosk's were made by child labor

If they wont pay, can we?
If they do not pay or install the sign(s) then what exactly is the maintenance involved in signs? They kind of dont really require much
 

I don’t understand why prominent signage wouldn’t be acceptable to the county.

 

 

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Secondly...they dont care because they dont have to maintain the trails

Thirdly if signs were installed and not paid for by them they view it as another item to maintain.

Fourthly ..because Wilco Parks really DOES NOT CARE about our kind of trails. They put up with it not seek to make it an amenity.

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Id like to see a downvote or neg reputation feature like mtbr has. If all else, i can do the math

EX:

Writing Again currently has 282 posts with 52 positive reputation. 

52 ÷ 282 = 18

she has earned an 18% reputation 

 

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Many of your ideas have been discussed. Clearly they have not been implemented. For example, we tried to post signs at ARR maintained trails. Signs as simple and innocuous as "Maintained by Austin Ridge Riders" at the bottom of the sign.

Kent

Brushy already implemented this if you didn't know. ARR is mentioned and logo on all kiosks maps.

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Just considering these two membership organizations and wondered how folks out there in Austin mtb land viewed both?

 

 

If you want your money to go to making progressive riding in 2 locations then FR512 is it. FR doesnt do any community outreach or advocate for mountain bikers but they sure do make some fun shit.

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Yea. I just get so into riding from Snail and Dave's and Rim that I don't always make it up that far. Lately I've been mixing it up.
Now I want to tie in Suburban Ninja and cut over to Brushy.
That's one thing I love about the trails. Almost endless ways to mix up the ride

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Isn’t Candyland just Gnargasm, Gum drop and Snow White?