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nattysupper outsideonline's article
Oct 7, 2022 at 10:04
Oct 7, 2022
A Colorado Hunting Non-Profit is Offering a Reward for Turning In Unsanctioned Trailbuilders
I'm a similar age to you, grew up in the south of England, and have called Colorado home since 2008. The US is a big, complicated place, and also quite extreme. Some aspects of US culture are really difficult for me to live with, but in my opinion the single best thing about being a US citizen (and a citizen of Colorado in particular) is public land. Huuuuge swathes of spectacular land, owned by the public and managed by federal, state and county agencies for the public good. The kids I grew up riding with in Sussex would not comprehend the scale of the natural resources. On the other hand, the majority of trail users here in CO would find it hard to imagine the fact that back in Sussex almost all the land is in private ownership, but we had an absolute right of access across the fields and through the woods on Public Rights of Way. The resources were tiny in comparison, but were managed in such a way that regular people in a very densely populated place had access to the outdoors (albeit highly regulated access). I do have optimism about the situation in CO - all levels of government up to and including the state government are aware of the value placed on access to trails by citizens, and of how attractive a trail network is for visitors. Voters in even the most tax-averse districts will sometimes fund land acquisitions (e.g. Jefferson County); new trail networks are being built (e.g. Floyd Hill, Maryland Mountain); existing trail networks are being maintained; busy trail networks are being thoughtfully managed to balance the demands of different user groups (e.g. directional biking only on some trails in Apex on even days). If you live on the front range and have more time, you can take a trip up to the high country or over to the western slope and ride on any sort of trail you want from high alpine to desert, on USFS or BLM land. You can choose to go to a famous honeypot destination (like the ones I read about in MBUK in muddy Sussex) and share it with others, or you can pick somewhere less obvious and see nobody. You can go to one of the lift accessed bike parks if that's your thing (not mine). If you have the time and inclination you could even find somewhere quiet to build an illegal trail. Nothing real is perfect, but mountain bikers in CO have it pretty fucking good.
nattysupper outsideonline's article
Oct 6, 2022 at 13:28
Oct 6, 2022
A Colorado Hunting Non-Profit is Offering a Reward for Turning In Unsanctioned Trailbuilders
@HB208: That's rude, and it seems like you're missing my point. I'm suggesting that elk are moving from a peaceful, more natural habitat to a crowded, noisy semi-urban habitat where they are frequently disturbed by people (including people riding bikes on trails) BECAUSE THERE ARE NO HUNTERS THERE. All sorts of people choose to hunt for all sorts of reasons, and I'm sure that some hunters are also interested in conservation, but the notion that a hunting advocacy group (like Backcountry Anglers and Hunters) is primarily concerned with "conservation" is hard to swallow - they're concerned with conserving herds of animals they like to hunt, so they can hunt them.
nattysupper outsideonline's article
Oct 6, 2022 at 12:57
Oct 6, 2022
A Colorado Hunting Non-Profit is Offering a Reward for Turning In Unsanctioned Trailbuilders
I live in a neighborhood in the foothills a little south of Boulder. It's a textbook Wildland/Urban Interface area - mixed conifer forest, steep slopes, studded with houses on plots of around an acre, criss-crossed by roads. I'm less than a mile in a straight line from the interstate. There are elk everywhere. They wander through fences, eat flowers and vegetables from peoples gardens, I even caught a big bull whacking our bird feeder with his snout so he could shake the seed out of it. Herds of elk wander across highway 6 in the winter, into the suburbs of Golden. They're so common that residents barely comment on them. I spend long days hiking around reclaimed mine disturbances in National Forest land on the western slope for work, all year round. The areas I go to are wilderness-adjacent; far fewer roads, trails and people in general. People from all over the country spend a lot of money to come and hunt there, and from Labor Day through the autumn most of the people you see are wearing camo and orange. Clearly there are elk there, but I rarely see any. My anecdotal experience is that the population density of elk is far less compared to the front range. My conjecture is that the major selection pressure on elk is hunters - they appear to give zero fucks about anything else.
nattysupper Cannondale's article
Jun 15, 2022 at 14:33
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nattysupper mikekazimer's article
Mar 8, 2022 at 8:11
Mar 8, 2022
Review: 2022 Transition Repeater - The Electric Sentinel
@justanotherusername: Strange individual here. I won't be buying a mountain bike from a company who sells an Emtb.
nattysupper jamessmurthwaite's article
Jan 14, 2022 at 14:12
Jan 14, 2022
Must Watch: Kriss Kyle Mixes his BMX Background with eMTB in 'Up & Out'
He's young, fit, able-bodied and phenomenally talented; why isn't he ashamed to be doing this on an e-bike? Seems like the world has moved on and left me behind.
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nattysupper Mandownmedia's article
Apr 12, 2021 at 13:29
Apr 12, 2021
15 eMTBs from the Southern Enduro Round 1
@oregonryder: I don't find that consoling, even if it were true.
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