Reme Le Hane Posted June 4, 2019 Share From MM FB: Maintenance has been suspended and the trails will be closed indefinitely. Riders through on the first day of maintenance. The damage is insignificant, but the disrespect enormous. This seems to be the trend now in Stellenbosch. Other areas suffer the same fate regularly, but builders and organisers are often helpless as the trails are built on public land. Ours is on private property however and privileges have been suspended until further notice. Any riders/runners will be treated as trespassers. Should the transgressors contact me privately and apologise trails may be opened again. No naming and shaming here - just an honest apology. There will also not be any further discussion on the matter in social media. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmontmarietrails%2Fposts%2F606182929893539&width=500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted June 4, 2019 Share So people rode on trails that were closed for maintenance?Could be an honest mistake, but I guess strava is probably the best way to play sherlock holmes and I don't have an issue with social media name and shame in this regard. Tatt, BigDL, nonky and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted June 4, 2019 Share So people rode on trails that were closed for maintenance?Could be an honest mistake, but I guess strava is probably the best way to play sherlock holmes and I don't have an issue with social media name and shame in this regard.The massive logs and red tape across the trails make it very hard to believe that it is an honest mistake. Hairy, nonky, ChUkKy and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karman de Lange Posted June 4, 2019 Share So people rode on trails that were closed for maintenance?Could be an honest mistake, but I guess strava is probably the best way to play sherlock holmes and I don't have an issue with social media name and shame in this regard. Nothing on strava, checked already Mont Marie posted on FB that trails will be closed and was shared to all Stellenbosch cycling Social media groups. Doubt its honest mistake .. but hopefully they will own up edit: more PC Edited June 4, 2019 by Karman de Lange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted June 4, 2019 Share looks like an e- bike tyre track.... EmptyB, Pure Savage, Mr. G and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piston ZA Posted June 4, 2019 Share Chop? I can think of a better 4 letter expletive beginning with a 'C'. The level of disrespect just boggles my mind. BigDL, gemmerbal, ChUkKy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannosmit Posted June 4, 2019 Share Nothing on strava, checked already Mont Marie posted on FB that trails will be closed and was shared to all Stellenbosch cycling Social media groups. Doubt its honest mistake .. but hopefully they will own up edit: more PC Also just checked Strava, only 2 guys on Monday that turned around at the logs. The guilty parties probably deleted their rides off Strava. Tiny K, Vetplant and BigDL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABrooks Posted June 4, 2019 Share The owners just want an honest apology from the rider, he should just man up and do it. coppi and ChUkKy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Tracker Posted June 4, 2019 Share Might be an honest mistake buy with that amount of tape / logs and the fact that the trails look like they are under work so I doubt it. Hopefully some selfentitled riders will spot this and apologise and others will think twice before believing that they can ride where they want because they have a pass. PS... looks like a XC tyre tread (is it friday yet? This has all the hallmarks of a good honest, old fashioned hub pitch fork n torch party). Edited June 4, 2019 by Dirt Tracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted June 4, 2019 Share Are those not Motorbike tracks? Akon, Renier82, Forthefun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jako De Wet Posted June 4, 2019 Share Dit vat net een drol in die drink water. Boyracer, Shebeen and CdT85 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted June 4, 2019 Share There's always someone . . . At Northern Farm they used to get riders climbing an access gate at the back of the farm and using the trails without paying anything. Some people just "take". Dirt Tracker and nonky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted June 4, 2019 Share The problem is, it's not just one chop, or a couple of chops. It's a culture. The sense of entitlement is a problem, coupled with arrogance and it costs us trails. Trails have been closed in Somerset West (Schapenberg,) Tygerberg (Kliprug?) and wannabees (Bilton) and I remember there because no issues at Bottelary, Hermanus and Grabouw as well. If I had a farm, there would be no way that I'd allow mountainbikers on it. Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, mazambaan, Reme Le Hane and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan Warrior Posted June 4, 2019 Share Really sucks! Gutted baboon is (hopefully not "was") one of my favorite trails. Honestly don't think people understand how much hard work goes into trail building. Hopefully things get resolved and lessons are learned. Eddy Gordo, Jako De Wet, nonky and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reme Le Hane Posted June 4, 2019 Share Chop? I can think of a better 4 letter expletive beginning with a 'C'. The level of disrespect just boggles my mind.So can I, and probably all of us, but in the interest of keeping things civil and all. Piston ZA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reme Le Hane Posted June 4, 2019 Share The problem is, it's not just one chop, or a couple of chops. It's a culture. The sense of entitlement is a problem, coupled with arrogance and it costs us trails. Trails have been closed in Somerset West (Schapenberg,) Tygerberg (Kliprug?) and wannabees (Bilton) and I remember there because no issues at Bottelary, Hermanus and Grabouw as well. If I had a farm, there would be no way that I'd allow mountainbikers on it.Heard a lot of stories about that, I accidentally went off trails on one of the wannabees farms, but that was a marking issue and when I got home I mailed them and sent them my strava link so they could figure out where the signage was off based on my random wondering. The amount of posts I see on the wannabees page is also shocking riders going off route, ridding past houses at early hours talking loudly and then being rude to land owners when confronted, they really seem to not get that our boards are a privilege which gives us specific access and is not some all access everyone be damned pass. Its not like a little respect and decency ever killed anyone. Jako De Wet, BigDL, Tiny K and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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