Good questions.so whats going to actually happen ?
close old trails? open new trails ? clean up existing trails? removal of jumps ?
Yes, a pump track would be some way off yet. The main plan is to see how much we can get approved and maintain without powered equipment because this is much easier to arrange on PV property.Pump tracks do require a fair bit of maintenance, in comparison to XC trails, and requires powered equipment to keep in shape.
The pump track at Kensington (JJ Holland park) is closed on wet days & large parts of the winter, not sure how something like that wold be managed at Plenty Gorge.
Signage seems to suffer in parks within urban environments, it'll be hard to come up with signage that can withstand vandalism. Perhaps engraved/embossed logs/stumps instead of painted signs?
Was it a matt black frame? Saw some guy riding in from Kariboo direction that morning on something I could not identify in ride-past-glance. Looked awesome.Had a good ride at PG yesterday.
Ran into a guy with a new Evil The Following- holy crapper, in the flesh this is a work of art. Light, stiff and rode beautifully. Bike porn of Plenty
yeap mate- matt black. I seriously have never seen anything quite like itWas it a matt black frame? Saw some guy riding in from Kariboo direction that morning on something I could not identify in ride-past-glance. Looked awesome.
There's a fair bit of trail to explore between yellow gum and mill park, check strava for details. There are at least 3 places to cross the river, so you can join up a loop heading back towards Greensborough but the trails become pretty vague on the mill park side as you head back south downstream from those crossings.Thought I'd bring this thread back from the grave. Recently I've been exploring new to me trails at the gorge and was wondering how far north is there still single track ?. Have explored all around Yellow gum and a couple of km northerly but not any further. Also after you cross the river after yellow gum can you link back towards Greensbourgh. Just curious to add variety to regular ride
Is it more than climbs upon climbs with featureless descents yet?The trails here keep getting better and better. So few people in there yesterday, was awesome.
Its Xc mate- there are no features at this stage as the trails have not been formally authorized. If we stick jumps, drops and berms then nothing will be authorized. There are lots of other spots to get your chunk/stunt on- Red Hill, Youies. PG have some of the rawest, old school ST in VIC. I would love to see a few stunts but the local mtb club has been lobbying for 4 years to get permission to maintain whats there and develop new stuff- including some jumpy stuff.Is it more than climbs upon climbs with featureless descents yet?
I've been out there twice since moving to the area (10 min drive away), south side then north side... and thought it was rubbish.
The descents weren't worth the climbing, at all.