Hi all i've had the privilege of riding a wide variety of trails around the world - moab, seven stanes, portes de soleil, italy, alps etc .. and i feel i need to add input to this. the imba rule of riders going up having right of way does work in places where imba has a dedicated following - i've seen it in action in colorado and utah. but in SA the mountain bike scene has an extraordinary proportion of novices who haven't heard of rules of the trail let alone imba. i've found the trails that work best are the graded one direction trails - like porcupine rim, any of the seven stanes - where you select your grade: red, green, blue, black what have you and then ride it to your hearts content knowing full well that when you jump off a drop or jump or pin it round a switchback you wont be hurtling headlong into a group with heads down pounding on the granny gear trying to get over some roots. you can link loops to make the ride shorter, longer, harder, easier depending on the location .. but in essence you are going one way down tracks. the other thing from a trailbuilder's perspective is the trails at tokai are essentially a compromise so that people can go both up and down on the same track. our bikes are so much more capable these days that we don't have to ride up a fireroad to access singletrack - thats for the 29ers. i think with the tree felling going on in tokai, the ever increasing numbers of saturday riders, that this is the perfect chance to build and amend trails that are a whole series of one-way loops with grades and built for their direction and nature. just my 2c g
