Moab Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Got the email from Geoff!! Really sad - Sunday is the last day. Got some wicked memories from Logwood! Sad to see the technical place die but it was just too far.
Cal100 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Posted January 29, 2009 Mistyslav, You're bang on with that. With the exception of those who do live far away the location is not too far out of the city, infact you could argue that it's ideally placed between Jo'burg, Pta & the 'Dorp. I laughed at some guys who regularly drive to Northern Farms who told me it was too far to travel to Logwood! It's the same distance from Jo'burg & only about 5 minutes drive away from the Farm. Sad man.
Daft Vader Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 People vote with their feet. I agree that it is a tragedy to lose ANY MTB trail, especially in deprived Jo,Burg, but it only catered for medium technicality. So none of the freeride and big hit guys bothered going there as the trails are too tight and are not enjoyable on any sort of freeride rig. (including DJ). I can assure you that the masses (i.e. all those beginners and people who aren't race snakes) enjoy the sensation of a flowy trail (even if they don't actually realise what it is) without the huge effort required to get some flow going. We call it the effort vs reward ratio. The new park, although smaller is more ideally located so that you don't have to drive for 2 hours to ride. That is where the people were obviously coming from. In addition, it has more flow in the Drop Zone and Green Mile trails. Another nail in the coffin is many (most) people think trails are easy to build and can be done in a couple of days. It takes a massive effort, time & expense to build trails. You can double or even treble that for a reasonably good trail. Then we have people moaning about the parks not being world-class and expect Whistler or Saalbach in Bryanston. There is absolutely no reason why 2 parks should not be able to operate in this vicinity. But seeing as 90% of the Jo'burg MTB community thinks that dirt roads are good MTB trails, real mountain biking is just not worth the effort. You want these parks to be able to stay around, then it's also part of your duty to support them, and to get your mates to support them.
idrive Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Out in the Kemptune Pork side of the East we don't have anything technical ..... unless you call a patch of soft sand on a miele field road technical. But a round trip of over 100km to ride in a park is a bit much .... I've only ever been to the farm for a race & never went to Logwood.
Santa C Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Pity...Another riding spot dies well probably more housing developments will go up.
Daft Vader Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Out in the Kemptune Pork side of the East we don't have anything technical ..... unless you call a patch of soft sand on a miele field road technical. But a round trip of over 100km to ride in a park is a bit much .... I've only ever been to the farm for a race & never went to Logwood. So the idea is to let the bike park owners make some money so that they can build the next one in the Oss Rondt. And before you ask, no, I have absolutely no financial interest in the parks, I am only a freerider that is so desperate for a place to ride and not get sued that I am building jumps at the bike park for free, gratis and for fokall. But I s'pose people will criticise them too...
-Gazza- Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 The worse part, no has told the staff yet. We went there on friday and saw the guys still busy cleaning the track and trimming the grass which looked a bit odd considering the place was closing on sunday. We stopped and chatted to the guys and it turns out they had no clue the place was closing. Thats off sides!
Hog_ Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 I think the guys that work there still have a bit of work ahead of them. The park will need to be broken down, all the bridges etc disassembled. But yes, they do need to know sooner rather than later.
Tumbleweed Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 what i found confusing is that a mail from geoff said that annual plates at logwood would be useless from after the weekend of the 7th and 8th. could there still be a week left?
Cal100 Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 The guys working there have known about it for quite a while. I fond out from them before christmas. I was there on Saturday and the guys had put in great effort knowing that the place was going to close. I'm also greatful as it made the Puff Adder easier to see on the path through 12 steps. Trust and the crew who've tiedied up the track week in week out have always been friendly and when we've pointed out problem areas over the last few months they've been straight in and fixed them up. Great effort dudes... I hope the future comes right for you guys.
Hog_ Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 what i found confusing is that a mail from geoff said that annual plates at logwood would be useless from after the weekend of the 7th and 8th. could there still be a week left? No, if you don't get your Logwood cards to the Bryanston Park on the 7th or 8th, they'll be useless. If you do get them there, you get 50% off the same card/plate at the Bryanston park. Selective reading sucks eh?
Tumbleweed Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 what i found confusing is that a mail from geoff said that annual plates at logwood would be useless from after the weekend of the 7th and 8th. could there still be a week left?No' date=' if you don't get your Logwood cards to the Bryanston Park on the 7th or 8th, they'll be useless. If you do get them there, you get 50% off the same card/plate at the Bryanston park.Selective reading sucks eh? [/quote'] bite me, kraut boy!it didn't make it clear in the mail i read. i never got the closure one. hey, you going to the bike park tomorrow?
Hog_ Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 bite me' date=' kraut boy!it didn't make it clear in the mail i read. i never got the closure one. hey, you going to the bike park tomorrow? [/quote'] Depends... you have any good excuses I can use to leave work early?
Tumbleweed Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 bite me' date=' kraut boy!it didn't make it clear in the mail i read. i never got the closure one. hey, you going to the bike park tomorrow? [/quote']Depends... you have any good excuses I can use to leave work early? tell your boss you have to have the first tuesday of the week offit's a religious thing!
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