Tygerberg Plumber or Status Quo?

[love the ride]

To be fair, his retort to your "To the moaners and keyboard warriors , get out and ride your f*#king bike" is within reason....if you are going to fire away from behind your keyboard, do not be surprised if someone fires  back.

To be fair the bulk of what i had to say , was how good we have it !  Also every single post ever that mentions Tygerberg trails illicits the same response from both Myles and Thermophage ( in particular Termophage - bit like a stuck record) , both of whom spend a lot more time commenting  on the Hub than they do on their bikes

[tcarthew]

To be fair the bulk of what i had to say , was how good we have it !  Also every single post ever that mentions Tygerberg trails illicits the same response from both Myles and Thermophage ( in particular Termophage - bit like a stuck record) , both of whom spend a lot more time commenting  on the Hub than they do on their bikes

 

Careful of absolute statements there sunshine. I ride with them very often....all over the place; they ride their bikes often, they deal with constructive criticism very well & will happily take anyone riding on their favourite trails & share their knowledge.

 

They also happily hang back with newer rides, unfit riders to ensure they enjoy the ride. They'll also happily hang back & session sections, difficult or easy with anyone who wants to progress, challenge themselves, etc

 

Which is also probably why they are some of the most outspoken people here...

[Nick]

To save me the hassle of trying to make sense of the pages of bickering later, I'm closing this one now.

 

You can probably find all the same arguments in this thread: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/172506-tygerberg-mtb-trails/

[Rock Guy]

I didn't expect things to get quite so heated on this topic. Maybe we should try and avoid all the finger pointing?

I am fully aware of the difficulties in persuading the club to build more technical trails, but that wasn't really the point here. I guess the answer to my question is then that yes, there are places to build more challenging trails.

Sadly the trek to Jonkershoek / Table Mountain / Tokai just takes up too much of my valuable riding time to make it a viable option over weekends when it's also the only time I can spend with my wife and newborn, otherwise I would certainly have gone riding there far more often. I guess day dreaming of tech will have to do for now...

I'll try to attend the AGM, but I really don't feel like arguing with people especially if it's guaranteed that Ill be met with a flat ignore.

(On a side note, I wonder if the club has ever had its members vote over what kinds of trails are built?, Surely this could be done over email? It would certainly provide them with a more realistic idea of what their members actually desire)

[Thermophage]

Yeah man, come to TM. Super short drive after work. Hell, even 20min drive on a weekend if ya keen.

As for voting, there was a vote/survey many years back. No idea who responded or whether the results were ever made accessible to public or members.