I cam across a trail guy a LKN on Monbo removing roots today.  I am wondering why roots are being removed on a trail that isn't really rough, and is actually fun the way it is.  I suggest you buy a road bike if you are looking for a smooth to ride.

Just sayin, it's a trail, not a dirt roadie.  Leave the roots alone

So you were riding and he was working right?

Keep LKN fast.

It'd be great to get that fellow out at Beatty.  He could chop 10,000 roots out of the trail and there would still be too many.

Make more machine built flow trails. Too much fun, I know...but. Just sayin'.

808golden wrote on 09/21/18 at 1:36am:

I'm down for machine built trails and have built jump lines for decades.  Last month I sampled Massanutten.  Lift ride sucked, Creamy rocked

Whats your name FR?  I live in Mooresville and am the "trail coordinator" for LKN.  We've got a good number of folks who do trail work out there and they all have my support.  Look forward to seeing you at the park sometime.  I ride a light blue giant trance, orange and blue TLD helmet.

On Monbo, the trail has serious drainage and erosion problems.  1000' long sections of trail have water running straight down the tread and that's why the trail has gotten so rooty over the past 5 years.  If you take the time to look at what's going on with the trail tread it's pretty impressive the amount of water thats flowing down the trail on Monbo.    That's just not sustainable and we'll be looking to address the issue in a big way over the next couple years once the Hawk loop project gets finished.

If folks are looking for really rooty technical riding, Fisher Farm has all you can ever want.  I rode there for the first time in a while two weeks ago and man has it gotten even more rough and technical.

I'm here to keep our trails fun and sustainable for the long haul so you'll get no apologies from me about trial work that is happening and the countless hours we're putting on trail and planning.  Thanks for your support of the TTB

The Land Managers of Lake Norman State Park have asked the volunteers to do what they do. The removal of the roots on the largely eroded areas was tasked upon this volunteer. And he is doing a wonderful job. Monbo is a fun trail-- but not sustainable. We hope to eventually work towards a more sustainable trail system-- so trail closures don't occur in the near future.

Are trails like Monbo and Hawk products of bad design. I look at the trails and think about the many closers that have been done over the years there. And it didn't seem to help a whole lot. Then they did the direction change each year, and it didn't seem to help a lot. It would seem best to have them multi directional at all times to help in a even surface. You look at trails out in the western mountains. They do have occasional maintenance. But for the most part, seem to go untouched many years, and are still fun trails. I was in the Itusi parking lot last week, and overheard a couple of guys on FS complaining about the roots. I don't do a lot of maintenance, I'm lazy by nature. It takes a lot for me to even get on my bike. Anyway just a little curious on why this and that need to be done, when in the long run. It seems not to help.

Impaler 58 wrote on 09/21/18 at 8:30pm:



Monbo bi directional?  eek!