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Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« on: July 22, 2008, 22:46:35 PM »

Riding Wonderland today I found one of the jumps newly rebuilt by Dotty, Aaron, Bob, Kyle and myself before May's timing day has been pretty comprehensively destroyed. The jump was fully boxed in with timber and secured with 8" coach bolts, taking it down would have involved an impressive level of effort. Some of the timber has been taken away, some of it is scattered about. All of the coach bolts have been taken. This has happened between Sunday 20th and Tuesday 22nd.

If you know who, or why someone went to such lengths to ruin a very rideable little jump with an established chicken line for those unwilling to hit it, please let me know.

It cannot have been a five minute job, someone must have seen whoever did it.

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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 23:33:25 PM »

which track is wonderland alex?
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 23:34:28 PM »

The one that starts with the steep rooty switchbacks.
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2008, 09:30:50 AM »

aka "Dark Side"
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2008, 12:10:59 PM »

Who ever it was well done that jump is crap and that new rocky thing is shocking in a bad way
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2008, 12:15:53 PM »

yeah but rather than pull down someones hard work why not talk to the builders and give them constructive criticism instead
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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2008, 12:25:25 PM »

de-constructive criticism?

you know its s**t cos someones removed it. Grin

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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2008, 12:28:07 PM »

No it was s**t when it was there and id rather not deal with the chesssy chase builders. It wasn't me by the way i am not really that bothered i just ride the unoffical side now. Oh and it was still there on sunday
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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2008, 12:34:20 PM »

ok guys lets not turn this into somthing it shouldn't be.
its nots a dissusion about how good or bad the track is etc
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2008, 12:38:39 PM »

i hope i dont offend anyone saying this but tbh there are parts of rugely that are pretty rough and chav infested, although its a pretty good location for DH area wise, the fact that there are lots of people like chavs local, you have to be prepared for things to get trashed now and again.
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2008, 13:12:02 PM »

Well let's see then, +2 seconds on Moobs time on Sunday for calling me a cheesy chase trails builder and...  Grin

Seriously though, we had heard rumors that that jump was a bit too lippy, but the people that rode it with us liked it, so we left it.  I liked it too...had to keep your speed in check it hit it perfect, but that added to the fun.  But we could have easily removed a slat and lowered it 4" so it could be hit faster.

Moobs, us chessy builders put in a lot of hard graft so you can come ride the trails and complain about them.  We're happy to hear your comments tho, and we would have reduced that jump height if you would have made your thoughts better known.

And BTW, yeah, Cannock is chav-city, but we don't think it was chavs.  The timber and hardware has been removed, not just scattered about.  They didn't leave a mess.  Could have been XCers actually, who use Wonderland on their regular loops over there...  It's quite bizarre really.

And sorry if you guys are good enough to ride the new rock line...  Cheesy
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2008, 17:02:08 PM »

although this new jump may be bad i think we should focus more to the point on the fact something thats taken alot of time has been destroyed.

  what if it was the best run/jump at cannock got destroyed ? would you still take the same attitude?

 not meaning to sound rude or harsh but ive had many jumps/spots ruined by people and it really does p*ss you off, especially if alot of effort has gone into it
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2008, 17:24:36 PM »

Not been up there for a while lads...where on wonderland was this new jump out of interest?

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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2008, 17:59:02 PM »

id rather not deal with the chesssy chase builders

What the hell is that supposed to mean? So someone's put hours of work in on trails that you can turn up and ride, and you just tell them it's s**t and you don't want to deal with them? Why *was* it s**t for you? How could it be made better in your opinion? Etc etc.
Get your head out of your arse and start being constructive.

Back on topic, gutted for the venue, could it perhaps be ramblers? If it was organised...
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Re: Trail vandalism at Cannock Chase
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2008, 19:17:40 PM »

Who ever it was well done that jump is crap and that new rocky thing is shocking in a bad way

I'm not meaning to cause offence, but your attitude makes you seem like a complete and utter c**t.
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