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Thrashed
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Hey DHFreerider, have you had a chance to have a read of the IMBA's trail building book? I would really recommend getting hold of a copy (I think some of the Chch libraries have it) and reading it. They do talk a lot about more XC trails than DH, but a lot of the principles can be applied to a DH track.
I know my idea of how a good track should be built has changed massively in the last couple of years. I really recommend going along and helping some other track builders (like Ash here) to get an idea of what they are doing and how they are building their trails, and also what sort of problems they have encountered and what they have done to solve these problems.
That book is... http://www.imba.com/resources/trail_building/trail_solutions.html
Actually there is a lot of info on that IMBA site.
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ashesman
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Got this track up and running yet?
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dhfreerider
Dusty
Joined: Sep 01, 2008
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Location: Rangiora
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| Posted: Mon 6/Oct/08 8:43am Post subject: |
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IF YOU SEARCH YOU WILL FIND. IT STARTS FROM A TOP OF MOUNT. WITH PUSH ACCESS I THINK THAT GIVES IT AWAY, TAKE SOME LOPPERS CAUSE THE BROOM IS THICK, IM 1/3 WAY UP. 
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ashesman
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So Mount Thomas or Mount Grey then?
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Thrashed
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There is more broom on Grey than Thomas...
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swtchbckr
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| Posted: Mon 6/Oct/08 2:00pm Post subject: |
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yeah, thats what i was thinking... but then, grey is 100% rideable, ie, i wouldnt call it a push up...
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dhfreerider
Dusty
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Location: Rangiora
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| Posted: Tue 7/Oct/08 1:21pm Post subject: Trak |
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ever tryed riding a glory up there?
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ashesman
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| Posted: Wed 8/Oct/08 5:40pm Post subject: |
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: Trak
ever tryed riding a glory up there? |
Haha... Yup!!!
So you are resurrecting the old Mt Grey DH track? Or just tidying up the walking track? The original DH track was quite good but quite steep! Are you using the part above lake janet?
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dhfreerider
Dusty
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Location: Rangiora
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| Posted: Thu 9/Oct/08 8:58am Post subject: |
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THERE IS A SPECIFIC AREA I CAN USE AND RULES TO ABIDE BY SO JOE BLOGS CANT JUST GO AND MAKE TRACKS EVERYWHERE UP THERE.
BE COOL TO GET HELP WITH THE CLEARING IM UP THERE MOST WEEKENDS.
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string_man
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| Posted: Fri 10/Oct/08 7:26pm Post subject: |
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i live in cust
i was wondering if you could give me a idea of wer it is ae
is it mt thomas
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dhfreerider
Dusty
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Location: Rangiora
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| Posted: Wed 15/Oct/08 8:36am Post subject: |
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not useing old one but revamping the old zig zag, im upto the zigs now gona hve to do abit to actually be able to get around the tight corners. tracks done on bottom, sill mite put few other lines and jumps/drops in yet. just wana clear track 1st. its gona be a fun track.
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ashesman
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| Posted: Wed 15/Oct/08 8:54am Post subject: |
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So is that the one on the front of the hill from the lookout with the zig zags down through the broom that goes down onto the track we built years ago with the wooden ladder drops or the zig zag walking track that goes down the back side of the hill from the big antenna to the culvert at the bottom?
Not sure if you know but if you walk in of the end of the first left switchback in the broom it goes onto the old DH track which was pretty cool and is in trees so no broom clearing to do. It used to come down into that area that got logged. Last time we looked all that was required to link the DH track onto the zig zags was about three meters of broom clearing. The DH track start on the sea side of the lookout.
We spent a fair few weekends up there working on the tracks and fixing holes where trees had fallen over a while ago.
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dhfreerider
Dusty
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Location: Rangiora
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| Posted: Wed 15/Oct/08 12:58pm Post subject: |
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didnt know bout that track, mite be able to link it, not allowed to touch any pine trees so doesnt go down the last section to the ladders, but comes in up in the top corner of the trees and has small drops and jumps, finishs at carpark now. wanna make few more lines but gotta be carefull what we do not to reck the hole building up there thing
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