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    Opinions on last weekends trail work

    JHenry
    Technical Terrain (TTF) Crew

    August 06, 2013, 12:24 PM

    Curious if anyone has ridden the downhill reroute and the bottom of Rip'n'Ride. We were  pretty shot Saturday evening and didn't get a chance to test any of it out.
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    imwjl
    Pleasant View Trail Steward

    August 06, 2013, 01:34 PM

    Curious if anyone has ridden the downhill reroute and the bottom of Rip'n'Ride. We were  pretty shot Saturday evening and didn't get a chance to test any of it out.

    Opinions?

    My wife liked it enough to get back into the sport.

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    XXX

    August 06, 2013, 05:07 PM

    Rode it Sunday night and it blew my socks off! Very good flow, almost like a Dual slalom- the old-schooler I was riding with commented on how much sweet trail has happened due to CORP in the last decade or so (he has a miniskid steer and has offered to help use it by the way).  Being gone all summer, I had missed the new wood bridge on Outback- that is pure art work.  Trail buildling like that puts Dane county on the national radar.  Thanks!

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    TheMayor1
    Trail Steward - CamRock
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    608-772-7833

    August 06, 2013, 10:01 PM

    I got back tonight with just a few minutes to spare before sunset. That new stuff sucked so bad........





    I rode it twice ;) I couldn't ride it three times as it was to dark to see much anyway. I really thought that was great work Josh.
    Her is my detailed critique: The only thing that did not work for me was the very first berm installed at the top. It just did not quite line up with the line for me. And it seems like there should be a slight berm where the new trail veers off the old line. Very minor tweaks. Everything from there down was perfect! The rollers were real fun to pump. And on the second pass I aired a double 8) Too much fun! The only thing they need is some rain. The berms are pretty dry to the point I was glad I was riding with fat tires or I felt like I would have been digging in when railing on the berms.
    I was nervous how the bottom of Rip 'N Ride was going to work. But again it was perfect!
    Again, REALLY nice work. Thanks for getting that done in my absence.


    ~ Chuck Hutchens


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