Have you pruned your trail today?

"Carla A-G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Over the weekend, Jim, Frankie Froglegs, Banana Joe and myself went into

the

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Greenbelt trail with our shears and a garbage bag. The tight and twisty sections of singletrack
had been overgrown with thorn bushes and tree

limbs.

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We clipped and trimmed away the more dangerous overgrowth and cleaned up some garbage.

We spent over 4 hours in there taking care of business and nearly got

runned

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over a few times by some fast riding xc riders who couldn't even be

bothered

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to stop and say hello or donate a few minutes of their time.

Hopefully, the trail will keep itself under control and we won't have to

go

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in there for a while to do more pruning.

- CA-G wrist pain...

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Cheers

My hat's off to people who spend time cleaning up trails. I try to do that several times a year.

Kyle

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Over the weekend, Jim, Frankie Froglegs, Banana Joe and myself went into

the

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Greenbelt trail with our shears and a garbage bag.

Great job;!

"Carla A-G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Over the weekend, Jim, Frankie Froglegs, Banana Joe and myself went into

the

Quoted message said:

Greenbelt trail with our shears and a garbage bag. The tight and twisty sections of singletrack
had been overgrown with thorn bushes and tree

limbs.

Quoted message said:

We clipped and trimmed away the more dangerous overgrowth and cleaned up some garbage.

We spent over 4 hours in there taking care of business and nearly got

runned

Quoted message said:

over a few times by some fast riding xc riders who couldn't even be

bothered

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to stop and say hello or donate a few minutes of their time.

Hopefully, the trail will keep itself under control and we won't have to

go

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in there for a while to do more pruning.

- CA-G wrist pain...

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Good job Carla, sounds like XC riders were a right bunch of [censored] (to put it politey).

Steve E.

"KSlater" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Cheers

My hat's off to people who spend time cleaning up trails. I try to do that several times a year.

Everyone should take a few hours out of their time to give back to the trails.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Yeah, what's the deal with the recent rude [censored] on the trails? I mean, I don't think they are
rude for not stopping and help pruning, but, out of 10 folks I go out of my to greet at Walnut Creek
the other day, I only got 3 responses, and only 1 of those was genuinely respectful.

And no damned trail ettiquette either. I'm damned tired of being the one that always goes off trail
to let some peckerhead pass from the other direction. I think I'm going to start being the "roadhog"
and push my weight around. "If you want to go passed me, wait for me", jeez I'm getting stoked.

I might have to open a can of whoop-ass. Rude people suck. Is this sport/past-time now getting
inundated with [censored]? If so, I now know my mission. Run a few of them off my favorite trails...
MUHAHAHAHAHA!!

Carla, I think you're talking Austin when you mention Greenbelt. Hell, I'd be more than happy to
help you prune things. Let me know next time you plan a "pruning mission". ;-)

"Carla A-G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Over the weekend, Jim, Frankie Froglegs, Banana Joe and myself went into

the

Quoted message said:

Greenbelt trail with our shears and a garbage bag. The tight and twisty sections of singletrack
had been overgrown with thorn bushes and tree

limbs.

Quoted message said:

We clipped and trimmed away the more dangerous overgrowth and cleaned up some garbage.

We spent over 4 hours in there taking care of business and nearly got

runned

Quoted message said:

over a few times by some fast riding xc riders who couldn't even be

bothered

Quoted message said:

to stop and say hello or donate a few minutes of their time.

Hopefully, the trail will keep itself under control and we won't have to

go

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in there for a while to do more pruning.

- CA-G wrist pain...

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

"J. Slater" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Yeah, what's the deal with the recent rude [censored] on the trails? I

mean,

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I don't think they are rude for not stopping and help pruning, but, out of 10 folks I go out of my
to greet at Walnut Creek the other day, I only got

3

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responses, and only 1 of those was genuinely respectful.

We get that alllll the time around here. It really bugs me that people are becoming that way, I
can't seem to understand why...

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And no damned trail ettiquette either. I'm damned tired of being the one that always goes off
trail to let some peckerhead pass from the other direction. I think I'm going to start being the
"roadhog" and push my weight around. "If you want to go passed me, wait for me", jeez I'm

getting

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stoked.

Ditto, unfortunately, that's not my style. I'll be nasty when I need to be, but I'm nice 99.9% of
the other time.

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I might have to open a can of whoop-ass. Rude people suck. Is this sport/past-time now getting
inundated with [censored]? If so, I now know my mission. Run a few of them off my favorite trails...
MUHAHAHAHAHA!!

I've been know to run over people's wheels when they ignorantly leave their bikes lying across the
trail while they eat their Powerbars and throw the wrappings into the woods.

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Carla, I think you're talking Austin when you mention Greenbelt. Hell, I'd be more than happy to
help you prune things. Let me know next time you

plan

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a "pruning mission". ;-)

Our Greenbelt is on Long Island, NY. You're most welcome to join us if you're ever visiting :-)

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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I don't think they are rude for not stopping and help pruning, but, out

of

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10 folks I go out of my to greet at Walnut Creek the other day, I only

got

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3

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responses, and only 1 of those was genuinely respectful.

We get that alllll the time around here. It really bugs me that people are becoming that way, I
can't seem to understand why...

Same here. I'm pretty used to people not even looking up as they pass; but I'll not let it keep me
from being courteous. I know a lot of people who are simply shy and aren't comfortable talking to
strangers; it doesn't necessarily mean they're jerks.

Maybe some of your courtesy will rub off. Can't hurt!

Carla A-G said:

"J. Slater" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Yeah, what's the deal with the recent rude [censored] on the trails? I

mean,

Quoted message said:

I don't think they are rude for not stopping and help pruning, but, out of 10 folks I go out of my
to greet at Walnut Creek the other day, I only got

3

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responses, and only 1 of those was genuinely respectful.

We get that alllll the time around here. It really bugs me that people are becoming that way, I
can't seem to understand why...

Relatively few people realize that trails actually require maintenance or building. They just seem
to appear magically and you hear about them eventually, and go riding. I never really thought about
people building and keeping up trails for the longest time.

Never ascribe to rudeness and malice what can be explained away by ignorance and stupidity.

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Raptor said:

Relatively few people realize that trails actually require maintenance or building. They just seem
to appear magically and you hear about them eventually, and go riding. I never really thought
about people building and keeping up trails for the longest time.

Never ascribe to rudeness and malice what can be explained away by ignorance and stupidity.

Until I was talking to some of the guys at my LBS about how overgrown some of the local trails were,
it never occurred to me that someone needed to maintain them! (Their response was "Well, do you have
a pair of pruning shears?" 🙂). I just never thought about it.

David

"David Kunz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Until I was talking to some of the guys at my LBS about how overgrown some of the local trails
were, it never occurred to me that someone needed to maintain them! (Their response was "Well, do
you have a pair of pruning shears?" 🙂). I just never thought about it.

Give some time to your local trails...they deserve it...

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!