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Inreach is what, $500 per unit? Trail names on a map are free for all.

The data is internal DNV that I recieved in conversation around the last election from a city hall employee with access, I don't have it personally. I've spent enough time in the rec centers to know you're correct about total use, but as far as individual sport participation numbers go, I'll believe it. Remember, Bobsled is the single most ridden trail in the world, according to trailforks, the counter there backs that up. Revenue is another matter, but just because riders don't (currently) pay a trail use fee as a golfer at Northlands might, it doesn't mean it's not a community amenity that should be funded to some degree. BC Parks had a paid trail building crew of university students at one time called the "E-team", but that hasn't existed since 2001. Bring that back.

As someone who rides solo 95% of the time, I’d like to be able to tell my wife where I’m going so if I don’t come home NSSR knows where to look. NSSR has the maps and trail knowledge, and probably the right names. I’d like to pass that on, rather than just say “first lap will be down darkside, second lap is 2 trails east of boogeyman”

We’re not a drop in the bucket. DNV trail count data shows bikers are the #2 rec user group on DNV land, second only to kids swimming lessons. More than soccer, pickle ball, tennis, or any other group. And the District puts about $0 into mountain biking and will continue that way until there is a new Mayor and a significant change in the power group on Council.

Speaking otr with LSCR staff, they are aware of virtually every unsanctioned trail out there, and given the current bike tech and that the trail trend is not dependent on wood structures a la Reaper etc., they know closing unsanctioned trails is practically impossible. Good lines will survive, and the blown out creek beds will be abandoned.

Back when Cut Yer Bars was the trail to ride in Whistler, I figure my bars were 400-440. Plus the required Synchros steerhorns.

Just enough room on my rigid RM Blizzard with the banana bend forks for ODI mushroom grips, shifters, and the cantilever brake levers. My shoulders are wider. But that was on trend for the day.

Whatever Metro and the LSCR decide to do with the light, dark, and front side trails, I hope they realize that today's bike community will really only accept that the present trail network of both authorized and unsanctioned trails will form the baseline trail network for the future. Any effort to pull a Hangman or Sack Shifter move on pretty much anything up there won't stick with riders these days. The multiple (formerly) loam lines around CBC are evidence of what modern bikes and brakes can do. Close a trail and a new one opens 10 feet away after 3 people choose a new line.

If they're going to put paid muni workers in the forest, they would be wise to focus their efforts on improving the places they want us to ride rather than trying to close off areas they don't want riders to go. That just won't work anymore. It would be wise for the NSMBA to tell them as much, in a non-confrontational way, of course.