update on hurstbridge

[blitzem]

is it possible to get any pics of the updates at hurstbridge,

thanks phil.

[blitzem]

anyone??

[tim_69]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=11520

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=11519

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=11629

looks pretty well done there were these 3 guys up there building it

[dhgod]

that is sooo awesome, how long did that take to build? and how hectic is that see-saw?

[tim_69]

i think the guys said about 3 days

[dhgod]

i think the guys said about 3 days

fark, 3 days, thats good work, and alot of it, just a quick question, where is hurstbridge? and if its near sydney do you rackon id be able to come have a look at it, i wouldnt tell anyone the location as i dont have a big mouth like some other people i know :roll:

[nhd]

youre out of luck. this is Victorian

[dhgod]

ah bugger, anyway, thanks for giving me a good tease of a wonderful north shore, you guys are good builders

[DIRTSURFER666]

ahhahaha in sydney sorri mate but thanks to the
blokes that built it keep the good work up boys!

speekin of hursty if ur in the area cum down to the jumps on the 2nd of october satday were building new one and fixing the old ones!!!

[LuCaS]

Shit thats in Hurstbridge, you wouldn't be want to give away the location cause I'd be very willing to help build. If u let me that is :wink:

[Simo]

why have they built North Shore on a track that doesn't need it? The track is already frequented by numerous locals, some of which seem to be a bit against us riders as it is.
Why do they not just go and build it at their own trails rather than running the risk of the Hurstbridge runs being shut-down?

Stupid.

[kizza]

I hope they didn't cut down trees. I think im with simo on this one, although it does look pretty cool, if the track is under local use form walkers and such i think it might be torn down shortly.

kizza

[roasted]

I agree with those two above.



AAAHHH ITS NAILED INTO LIVE TREES!!!!!!!

looks like treated timber too....

[W2ttsy]

has anyone hit that on a hardtail yet? i think my cousin would be interested to know if hes going to be able to ride that on his P2 or not...

of course, ill hit that if its still around in january. and as roasted said: LIVE trees plus built trails is a no no.

W2ttsy

[Avanti_Racing]

theres about 2 nails supporting it at each peice of wood and the landing angle of the drop is stupidly steep and its shakey as shit

[gorno]

is this north shore in the melbourne region?

[DJ_Robbie]

For fruitcakes sake, most people will already know that the location of the trails has already been posted in other threads and can be found easily anyway, so to clear it up and stop people asking "where are the trails" "are they secret" they are far from secret, everyone knows about them, look up temple hill reserve in hurstbridge (off The Glen) its a road (and hurstbridge is a small town about 40mins drive north east of the gity of melbourne)
If anyone else has questions about the location now they are stupider than anyone gives credit for.

[Simo]

I seriously think that the NS should be torn down and the wood disposed of before long. Are the builders on farkin? If not how can we contact them?

[LTR]

Yea, the NS wont do anything good for Hursty. What Simo said. Ill have to come hit it up before it closes i guess.

[Simoto]

Hi, I built it with two other guys. Well firstly were not quite finished building it since we ran out of time. That would be why the down ramp is a little sketch but it is not impossible as me and my brother have done the section numerous times. Also we didn't cut down any trees, we used one that were lying around. We weren't to worried about nailing in to the pine trees since they are not even native in Australia, we've also done this before and the tree enjoys it. We built this north shore here because we wanted more people to enjoy it, if you don't want to ride it you don't have to. The track probably wont get closed firstly because it's in the middle of a pine plantation, and how is it not doing anything good for hursty? at least were not tearing down trees and wrecking the environment.

[spuddy]

we've also done this before and the tree enjoys it.

Can't help but think 'i like rusty nails' (http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm) right now.

[®ider]

'We weren't to worried about nailing in to the pine trees since they are not even native in Australia, we've also done this before and the tree enjoys it'

WTF :evil: :evil:
You are not cool

[boyle]

hey guy's, just wana say that NS looks awsome, good work, I think it's doubled hursty's koolness factor!

[DYJK]

ah bugger, anyway, thanks for giving me a good tease of a wonderful north shore, you guys are good builders
nice!!! you must me perfectionists to have it that good! :lol:

[shmity]

Hi, I built it with two other guys. Well firstly were not quite finished building it since we ran out of time. That would be why the down ramp is a little sketch but it is not impossible as me and my brother have done the section numerous times. Also we didn't cut down any trees, we used one that were lying around. We weren't to worried about nailing in to the pine trees since they are not even native in Australia, we've also done this before and the tree enjoys it. We built this north shore here because we wanted more people to enjoy it, if you don't want to ride it you don't have to. The track probably wont get closed firstly because it's in the middle of a pine plantation, and how is it not doing anything good for hursty? at least were not tearing down trees and wrecking the environment.
ACtually its not a pine plantation, its a public park. If you want to huck, go do it somewhere out of the way. There was some north shore style stuff there a while ago, but it got taken down due to some of the locals not liking it, so we obliged. Its the only dh tracks in melbourne accesable by train, dont fuck it up for the rest of the people.

[Simo]

when are we going to go tear it down and where are we going to dump the wood?

[danv]

We weren't to worried about nailing in to the pine trees since they are not even native in Australia, we've also done this before and the tree enjoys it.
HAAAAHAAHAHAHAHA :lol:

did it tell you that?

[debt]

why would people get angry about the north shore. why is it a big fuss if its there. every Melbourne rider knows about hursty and its location. you guys should be glad that people are going to so much effort to building something that all the riders can enjoy.
why rip it down.

[Simo]

because it's unstable, not needed, poorly constructed (nailed into live trees) and the track has been in a similar situation before where North Shore was constructed, local residents didn't want it there and the track was in danger of being closed down.
This has nothing to do with the track being secret or public knowledge, it's got to do with keeping the track open so people can ride it.

[roasted]

yes
we've had enough closed recently, so we must tread lightly.

[Matty14]

Boys, firstly I think it's awesome and you guys have done a great job. I don't know what you mean by unstable but i felt pretty damn steady to me. As for poorly constructed, i have know idea where your going with that. The landing ramp angle is perfect and it's probably shaky because it's sitting on uneven ground. Know force is moving it side to side which would be the only thing making it shaky.
Personally I think if the locals want to tear it down they can. I don't understand why MTB riders want to beat them to it. There was no trees cut down from what i could see and as for the nails being nailed to PINE trees, i doubt they would cause any damage to the trees and even if they did, the Pine trees have made it difficult for any native plants to grow due to the pine needles on the ground that just kill everything and make the land useless. I certainly will not be helping in the destruction of the NS and neither should anyone else.

[shmity]

Locals tearing it down isn't an issue, having them close off an area to riding all together because of a 10m stretch of Not Shore is. Far too many decent places to ride have had the heat come onto them because of bridges like that (red hill and narby spring to mind). Its really not worth us potentially loosing another place to ride because of one construction. Theres nothing there that they couldn't have built at home in their own backyard, except the trees they nailed into. :roll:

[Commander Dilsnikk]

Good farkin gordy lord...
...that's stupidity that is.

In no way do i want to detract from the effort you guys have put into it, hell it looks very nice... but just because it looks well built and some people might like to ride it doesn't mean it's a feasible idea!!

You'll notice that the place is called Temple Ridge Reserve and because of that we're all incredibly lucky that we can ride there in the first place. Building any form of structure in such a place without consent is illegal.

The imposition of a NS section on such a track which, whilst long-surviving, is not without its objectors, is simply presenting those who are opposed to the track in the first place with enough ammunition to lobby the council to close the track to riders.
Not to mention the impact it has on the environment around. Sure pine trees aren't native but they have been in the area long enough for them to have become a part of the area's ecosystem. Just because it's not how it was when the Frist Fleet arrived does not mean that it's excuseable to kill off the trees. And let's face it, no matter what delusions you have, a tree does not "enjoy" having nails (especially when they rust) in it.

So, sure it seems nicely built and, whilst it's not my thing it's probably a lot of fun to ride, but if it means, as in all probability it could, that the original track will not be accessible to riders that what the fark is the point?

If I get back to Melbourne over summer and my local DH track is closed I'll know who to blame... and it certainly won't be the council, park rangers or incensed locals.

p.s. I've got a fish cooking in the oven... nice call Spuddy, classic Salad Fingers reference... what's more exciting is that someone else has heard of it!

[Arete]

Ok guys, the problem with nailing into trees is not the environmental damage. The problem is when some poor bugger comes along with a chainsaw and hits the nail.

Hence nailing into pine trees (Pinus radiata if you will) is especially bad.

[W2ttsy]

Ok guys, the problem with nailing into trees is not the environmental damage. The problem is when some poor bugger comes along with a chainsaw and hits the nail.

Hence nailing into pine trees (Pinus radiata if you will) is especially bad.

i think that if someone saw a wooden structure attached to a pine tree for support, they would figure that it would not be a good idea to tear down the tree, as the structure will come down too.

W2ttsy

[Arete]

Well, sat the structure was torn down long ago, and the nail snapped off in the tree. Considering those are radiata pine trees which have been lifted, so are obviously going to be logged at some stage they are obviously going to be cut down at some point.

Nails in trees is not a problem because they hurt trees, they are a problem because they hurt people when people are using chainsaws.

[roasted]

which is why in stromlo in canberra, all signs were STAPLED into trees, after reccomendations from forestry.

[Kona.S.P]

I say we tear that bad boy down, It is the only place i can acess by train and if it's closed i'll be foreva hunting down people to give me rides.

[shwinboy]

" Also we didn't cut down any trees, we used one that were lying around. "

So why are there cut trees in the pictures?

"We weren't to worried about nailing in to the pine trees since they are not even native in Australia, we've also done this before and the tree enjoys it."

A moronic statement if ever I heard one. Also fixing NS to full grown trees, especially pines which sway in gusty winds is just asking for your hard work to be undone by the forces of nature.

"We built this north shore here because we wanted more people to enjoy it, if you don't want to ride it you don't have to."

Nice Idea. Shit execution. What happens when your rickety structured collapse under a rider due to poor planning and implementation resulting in serious preventable injury? Will they be enjoying themselves? Or will any one be enjoying riding in Hursty after we are baned because some dork has built a public liability nightmare without permession from the land manager.

"The track probably wont get closed firstly because it's in the middle of a pine plantation, and how is it not doing anything good for hursty?"

Your logic is retarded. How exactly do the magical powers of the pine forest protect a NS trail from being torn down by a pissed off ranger or local resident, who would have every right to do so by the way.

"at least were not tearing down trees and wrecking the environment"

No, you have just cut a few down, and set MTB public relations and land access back a few more years. You should be very proud.

Now if you had permission from the land manager and planed and executed your trail plan with due fore thought and consideration to all the users of the park then I, and every one else would be patting you and your mates on the back. But instead you are to selfish, impatient and lazy to see the bigger picture of how you and your mates can use your energy and enthusiasm for positive change.

Nice one.