Seths Pool Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Everyone, check out the edit from Jeff Kendall Weed coming to Austin and ripping the goods with us! Myself with #freeride512, Jeremiah Work with #teamtrailparty, and a bunch of local shredders ride Cat Mtn and RPR for JKW’s new trail advocate/trail building scene film series #thelocalloam Check out his channel! What a great time that was! Yeeeeeehhhhaawwwww! Thanks to everyone that was a part of it. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 That's awesome. Minor, minor critique...If I knew nothing about Austin mountain biking I would get the sense from this video that our mountain biking scene was fledgling at best and was really only jumpstarted by TTP and FR512. Meanwhile ARR and TMBRA have been going strong for decades. Sure, I get that this is more focused on the gravity fed, enduro style riding and not the overall MTB scene/industry here. But dang, with JKW's skillset I would think he'd love BCGB, Brushy, and the other unmentionables in view of Cat MT and be impressed by how long they've been around and how well used they are. Let alone all the other trails in TX. Just my .02 -sorry, very loyal texan here and I get a bit overly sensitive when people dismiss our MTB scene..."You don't even have mountains!" Seriously cool video though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Magnet Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Bad ass Seth. Well done on so many levels. That 3 named dude can ride!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenfool Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Considering Texas' first and second "Mountain Bike Ranches" (Bluff Creek and Rocky Hill) have been around for thirty years, it is evidence that the creation of trail on private land isn't new to the state. Great video and some awesome riding. It is good that y'all hooked up to show him the goods and get Texas as one of his stops on this newest set of trail builder focused documentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Handle Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 LOVE JKW THAT WAS AWESOME. (Guys... seriously, unbunch the panties. This had a gravity fed focus. There's very little terrain similar to what FR512 is building out at Cat and Rocky Hill. They mentioned that there are good trails in town, but nothing like the big features and stuff.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Handle Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Jeff Kendall Weed's video on Bentonville was also superbe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Magnet Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) Seth pointed out the strong Austin mtb community and mentioned that RPR and Cat Mtn are not the only trails in town. I think JKW came to town looking for something that would make a good video and he found it. We have easily over 100 miles of trails in and around Austin that make great rides but trying to edit that into a video with a couple days worth of riding that showcases this guys talent would be tough. Seth and the Trail Party guys took a mountain bike celebrity to sanctioned trails on private land and showed him that Austin has incredible riding 15 minutes from downtown. I'm sure they could have found some great features on the green belt that he would have loved but then all HELL would have broken loose. They did it right IMO. Edited March 29, 2019 by Tree Magnet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Like I said, very minor criticism. I wasn’t expecting JKW to hit everything in town. In fact I liked that he focused just those two trail systems. It just seemed like the vibe was “look at these guys trying to bring mountain biking to TX” instead of “Look at these guys progressing the already strong mountain bike scene here in TX”. Seth seemed to acknowledge the already strong mountain biking scene in his vid if I remember.Anyway, I was grumpy and jealous that y’all got to ride with him so I had to whine about something.So did any of y’all get to test ride that Trust fork?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larlev Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Badass. A huge thank you to Cat mtns owner. Very cool of him to let those trails get built. You guys have done a kickass job out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 8 hours ago, Tree Magnet said: We have easily over 100 miles of trails in and around Austin that make great rides Agree with your post. But 100 miles is a way too conservative estimate. Shoot, the SATN is now at least 85 miles all by itself. And I never include any of the BCGB in that mileage total. Not even the BCGB trails on our GOOD side of the creek. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Magnet Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Agree with your post. But 100 miles is a way too conservative estimate. Shoot, the SATN is now at least 85 miles all by itself. And I never include any of the BCGB in that mileage total. Not even the BCGB trails on our GOOD side of the creek. I know but I wanted a number that wouldn’t become a discussion on its own and I failed. 80 miles of SATN, 60 miles of BCGB, 20 miles of Brushy, 15 miles around Walnut, 30 miles of LGT, and many more miles of unmentionable trail....keep on adding. It’s just a ton a trail and it’s one of the reasons we all live here. I still explore and find trail that is either getting cut or I just never knew was there (Searight!). Public land isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be (looking at you BCP).Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I question the 60 miles of BCGB. The best “real” estimate I saw was 45 miles. I think to do 60 you’d be covering a lot of trail twice. And I ride it once, if not twice a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Magnet Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I just saw this story hit Pink Bike. I would imagine that FR512 is getting a big membership boost right about now. Way to represent Seth!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morealice Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I just wish I could manual like 20ft....this guy...jeez, dude can handle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXZJ Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Saw the PB article. Pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosmithy Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 hours ago, ATXZJ said: Saw the PB article. Pretty cool! Just read it, very cool, indeed. Although the history lesson about RPR varies slightly from what I remember, still very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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