DISQUS

track cycling · 1 year ago

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Stephen · 1 year ago

There's nothing like singletrack designed for and maintained by MTB riders. Out here in Santa Fe we've got a loop that was originally fashioned for a NORBA race called "La Tierra Torture" which was held here several years. That race died out, but has recently been resurrected as a stand-alone local race. Meantime, the trail's been maintained by volunteers and is mostly free of motorized incursion. Motorcycles are used once in a while to buff it out a little, so it has small berms. It winds around a 10 mile loop on rolling terrain NW of town, no elevation change, but lots of up & down. There are sections that are like riding a roller coaster. I think one of the keys to keeping it the way it is is that it goes nowhere in particular, and is too long for casual dog walking. Most of it's access points have been fenced and provided with stiles which you can walk a bike through, but which keep out MX bikes, ATVs and cars.

Long may it last!

jb · 1 year ago

I do believe I know exactly where you are refering to. It is a great one!