New trail at The Cowshed Kameeldrift

[jasont19]

Hi everyone,I have a large piece of land on which I'm currently running a tea garden and a kids function venue.I had a customer in on the weekend that suggested opening a trail,I have a large section of Hartiebeespruit river frontage and a lot of grass land area,I'm just looking for some feedback from everyone.Wld a track wrk in this area and what would make a good trail?There are currently a few existing foot trails which I am in the process of cleaning up a bit more,any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Pants Boy]

New trails will always work. Have a look here for some great pointers:How To Build Mountain Bike Trails - Singletrack - Video

http://www.imba.com/resources/nmbp

[MariusC]

If its a good/fun/leke trail it will always work if the price is right.

[jasont19]

Thanks for the feed back,will check the site out.What Wld be a fair price for say a 20km marked trail?Appreciate all the feed back!thanks a lot.Will try and post some pics of the trail later today

[Witkop]

R1 per km per cyclist. Groenkloof is at R30 but then they have lots of other things going for it. van Gaalens? Northern Farm is also in this price range. If the coffee shop make legit coffee you will get lots of profit from the cyclists without even having to charge an entry fee.

as the famous movie said, "build it and they will come."

[jasont19]

Great stuff,thanks was thinking of doing a really cheap starting rate until I have had some feed back from guys riding the trail.We will build it and hope that they come!Thanks again for the feedback

[Pants Boy]

You're not going to make any money from a MTB trail. You will make money from the shop. So, price it so that people won't feel ripped off by the route (ie KEEP it cheap) and they will support the shop. A good example is Rosemary Hills - R20 for the route, and R30 for a 'bikers breakfast bun and coffee' - this is almost standard for cyclists, they won't do the route without eating

[Witkop]

You're not going to make any money from a MTB trail. You will make money from the shop. So, price it so that people won't feel ripped off by the route (ie KEEP it cheap) and they will support the shop. A good example is Rosemary Hills - R20 for the route, and R30 for a 'bikers breakfast bun and coffee' - this is almost standard for cyclists, they won't do the route without eating

The man is a genius.

 

+1

[jasont19]

Thanks for the advice,if there is any one interested in riding the trail at no cost,other than for some feed back.Please let me know.It is still a bit ruff,but I have some friends who MTB coming to ride it tomorrow and hopefully with some advice from them the track will be open by the weekend.There is already an established tea garden which does light meals and has a great kids play facility,we are out in Kameeldrift.Thanks again can't believe the quick feed back

[Witkop]

Thanks for the advice,if there is any one interested in riding the trail at no cost,other than for some feed back.Please let me know.It is still a bit ruff,but I have some friends who MTB coming to ride it tomorrow and hopefully with some advice from them the track will be open by the weekend.There is already an established tea garden which does light meals and has a great kids play facility,we are out in Kameeldrift.Thanks again can't believe the quick feed back

map pls

[SoftTail]

What happened to this trail guys. Please tell me it is up and running

[King_Crispy]

How quickly we forget.

I think if it was flourishing we would have heard more about it, maybe even seen a few pics

[Big H*]

Phone the Cowshed

 

Jason - 082 901 9729 and find out