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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 22:11:49 GMT
Some bad news today guys. Those of you that ride in the Peak District will know Stanage Pole. A couple of miles from the Derwent Valley and there are some good climbs up to it. Until recently the decent was a difficult, technical path with boulders and drop offs. However some bright spark decided to put a limestone style smooth path all the way down. This would be a fast mile down a smooth track but for the drainage troughs every 20 or 30 metres which you either slow down for or bunny hop. Today a good friend and real nice guy had an accident, I wanted to warn everyone as we are not talking about a novice here but a rider with over 25 years experience who is a multi-gold medal holder at World Level at a Mountain Bike Event. Whizzing down for another KOM on Strava (he has loads) he mistimed a bunny hop resulting in coming off, get knocked out, breaking 10 bones throughout his body and puncturing a lung. Serious, serious injuries. Just take care out there guys! borrowed from a diffrent site asked the poster if ok to copy thanks pal  |
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Post by glynnsixo on Oct 25, 2014 22:35:35 GMT
this is only one of many. Derbyshire county council are working their way through all of them ,or so it seems. a lot of people are unhappy and its not only mtbers. its a long on going issue. personally I reckon its to do with backhanders and keeping someone in work but then again that's what business is.unfortunately theres seems to be no consultation with the people who use it. the peak district is beautiful for its ruggedness and its being ruined by a group who are supposed to be maintaining it |
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Post by glynnsixo on Oct 25, 2014 22:46:39 GMT
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Post by glynnsixo on Oct 25, 2014 22:56:54 GMT
burton it would be good if you could email Derbyshire county council about you're mates accident.
could I use your post on a facebook page to highlight this problem? if you're not happy about it ,its no problem.
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Post by Cattan on Oct 26, 2014 0:50:23 GMT
I love the peaks for the natural trails, Its my favourite riding grounds. All these new paths may be good if you want to hurl down them at speed (Which is fun tbh) But it ruins the techy side of things aswell as the natural feel of the place.
I hope your mate heals from this, Just remind him we all suffer for our passion.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 9:43:48 GMT
burton it would be good if you could email Derbyshire county council about you're mates accident. could I use your post on a facebook page to highlight this problem? if you're not happy about it ,its no problem. I borrowed it off the other site asked jeffer9 from mtbe , who say yes mate copy away I will ask him about it mate im going to email them as well regarding this work that they are doing ... It bloody shocking ..  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 9:54:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 10:02:20 GMT
The way I see it every bit of rough pafh way will be bulldozed over... Got help spud ally..
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Post by glynnsixo on Oct 26, 2014 18:45:35 GMT
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Post by Nelly on Oct 26, 2014 18:58:40 GMT
Email this gimp  |
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Post by glynnsixo on Oct 27, 2014 19:05:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 19:12:55 GMT
Me and will road this was a lovely bit of trail (((( I'm huffing fuming about this ... I can see them doing this to all the trails up there ... I noticed on the bhf ride they had ripped out a fair bit on that fast berm section with lots of drop offs as you head down to the road.. Can't think of the name . Drop down spud ally climb up past the farm.. Zig zag road and you would do a sharp rite back down .. Was very tetchy with drop offs .. Then the last time I rode it was like a 360 had levelled it |
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Post by hodgy on Oct 27, 2014 19:36:37 GMT
What on earth are you pillocks up to ?
The "improvements " which you are ploughing on with in the insane belief that you are creating trails for the masses ..are in fact going to cost your county untold tourism revenue ...I and my mountain biking group won't be back anytime soon as in your misguided judgement you are destroying the very thing that we contributed our est £1000.00 per annum in terms of food , accommodation and drinks while we visited the area ..and we are only a small group ...you blithering idiots!
Guess we will just have to have another week in Scotland .
Listen to your local outdoor groups you bloody senseless desk pilots !!!
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Post by glynnsixo on Oct 27, 2014 19:49:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 8:08:38 GMT
That's a terrible set of injuries there, poor bugger!
These 4x4 mongs wind me up. All swaggering around when all they are doing is driving a car over a bit of rough ground (and fucking it up in the process). With their Chris Rea CD's blasting out of the expensive audio and the heaters on full whack. To think some walkers say us MTBers ruin the trails!! FFS!
4x4 off roaders....cants!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 9:05:12 GMT
To be fair there room for us all to play up there Funny clip |
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Post by hodgy on Oct 28, 2014 9:28:08 GMT
Don't mind 4x4's and trail bikes ( motorised) ..as long as they stick to what they are legally allowed to travel over ... Now that might sound a bit rich coming from someone who has been known to use footpaths in the countryside ..but to be judged in the same way as these off-roaders would be ludicrous ...it would take a large group of mountain bikers a good number of years to create the type of damage these guys make in just one single trip..so I personally distance myself from them as much as I can .
The footpaths that I use are so remote that I rarely see anyone else ..and in a lot of cases need someone using them to keep them "alive" ..
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Post by matthews on Oct 28, 2014 9:40:20 GMT
That's a terrible set of injuries there, poor bugger! These 4x4 mongs wind me up. All swaggering around when all they are doing is driving a car over a bit of rough ground (and fucking it up in the process). With their Chris Rea CD's blasting out of the expensive audio and the heaters on full whack. To think some walkers say us MTBers ruin the trails!! FFS! 4x4 off roaders....cants! And that is exactly one of the main reasons all the byways and bridleways are slowly being closed and downgraded to footpaths by the Ramblers , they are a very large and vocal group whereas all the other user groups are too bloody self righteous to get together and fight the cause as a coherant group. Before much longer we'll be relegated to trail centres because all unsurfaced rights of way will have been downgraded to footpaths . I ride a mountain bike , drive an offroader and have a number of trials rider and horse rider friends so hear the same comments from all user groups slating each other instead of looking at the real problem . We are doomed |
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Post by hodgy on Oct 28, 2014 10:03:23 GMT
No ..I can't really agree with you there ...there have been a few victories in Northumberland ..mainly due to the efforts of gentleman by the name of Ted Liddle ..who fronts up Tyne Valley MTB..he has been the driving force behind a new long distance mtb trail running from Berwick to Hexham which is currently being way- marked and is due to officially open
next Spring..as just one example ..
Making friends with your local rights of way officer also has benefits ..an awful lot of these tracks on a map classed as footpaths are in reality bridleways and other legal rights of which we ARE allowed on
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Post by Jimbo on Oct 28, 2014 17:00:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 17:52:16 GMT
Fingers crossed we mite get somthing done .. |
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Post by hodgy on Oct 28, 2014 17:58:53 GMT
Christ ...I write a mean e-mail..anything else you want me to help with? ....yowsa!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 18:18:58 GMT
Christ ...I write a mean e-mail..anything else you want me to help with? ....yowsa!! Yeah, tell these blokes to fuck off out of it  |
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Post by macky on Oct 29, 2014 19:32:27 GMT
Me and will road this was a lovely bit of trail (((( I'm huffing fuming about this ... I can see them doing this to all the trails up there ... I noticed on the bhf ride they had ripped out a fair bit on that fast berm section with lots of drop offs as you head down to the road.. Can't think of the name . Drop down spud ally climb up past the farm.. Zig zag road and you would do a sharp rite back down .. Was very tetchy with drop offs .. Then the last time I rode it was like a 360 had levelled it You mean Hagg farm? steep techy trail with natural berms built in the banks of the trail, gate halfway down then you cross the snake pass road? |
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Post by macky on Oct 29, 2014 19:36:49 GMT
Just so you can see how bad the sanitisation is, this was took by me last Sunday at Rushup edge...  The natural bedrock has been destroyed then the drop offs filled in with huge stone. |
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