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Fox Trail, 4 Months of Work Left...

Oct 29, 2010 at 11:48
by Dean Douglas  
With winter closing in and the days drawing ever shorter; theres no better opportunity to sculpt your perfect trail into the landscape. So that you can shred next summer, loamy soil, wet roots and rocks, and big blown out potholes will all be tell tale signs of our trail by next summer.
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wet soil, claggy, but easy to sculpt means that big kickers can be included, but for all us downhill riders, theres no reason to stray from the section of the sport we love at any point of the year, mabey weather is a put off but by matter of fact the wet sloppy trails filled with wetscream and swampthing do add that extra fun touch.
With a few sections already done we have came up with a very varied but fun trail hitting all the right marks when riding and plowing the last root and rock with every last inch of plush travel.
With a sprint into a tree which involves a sharp turn into a section of switchbacks. "The Switchbacks are going to be flowy with a kicker between the 2 sets, then into a rock garden"" - Tim Graham
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Then into a section of a tree kicker onto a varied set of roots coming in all different shapes and sizes with stumps still prudent showing through the floor, although best atempt to cut the remainers out just fail.
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once along the straight intacted you must be prepared to lauch off a fallen tree drop which leads you heading straight for a 400 year old oak which you narrolwy avoid hitting.up hill onto a slight section of offcamber then stright backl down onto the descend. A bermed right hander takes you around to a large roller, carrying large amounts of speed at this point you hit a hipped set up, which sets you up nicley into a set of two drops, although small the terrain slops downwards very sharply so staying over the back of the bike is a good bet. A tight akaward left hander takes you into this quick set of too then around a section of cut out hillside which has been bermed with timber covered in mud then a sprint to the location of the temporary finsh were the spades are lying down waiting to be picked up for more graft to ensure the trail rides to its full potential.

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