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re: Walton $ building world class mountain biking trails on Arkansas campus.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 2:59 pm to Numberwang
Posted on 7/25/22 at 2:59 pm to Numberwang
Coming from an old competitive MTB racer, this will be very cool, especially considering the elevation changes in Fayetteville and the surrounding area. Really glad money is being spent to take advantage of the topography.
Having said that, nothing about the article screams world class MTB trail, other than they put it in the title. If it's a shared-use trail (meaning bikers, hikers, runners, & adaptive bikes), it's not going to be a world class MTB trail.
The article also specifies that the entire 18 miles are beginner level. As with skiing, to be world class, you're gonna have to offer more than bunny slopes.
Love it. Just set realistic expectations up front.
Having said that, nothing about the article screams world class MTB trail, other than they put it in the title. If it's a shared-use trail (meaning bikers, hikers, runners, & adaptive bikes), it's not going to be a world class MTB trail.
The article also specifies that the entire 18 miles are beginner level. As with skiing, to be world class, you're gonna have to offer more than bunny slopes.
Love it. Just set realistic expectations up front.
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Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:05 pm to viceman
Ride your 4 wheeler on the hwy like the rest of the red necks.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:07 pm to Numberwang
I'm surprised it's not being built around the new medical school by Crystal Bridges
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:21 pm to Numberwang
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Walton $ building world class mountain biking trails on Arkansas campus.
I hear they're even thinking of paving the roads for automobile traffic, now that the indoor plumbing is almost complete.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:28 pm to Numberwang
I ride a lot of gravel and mtb. This is nice.
It's a multiuse trail, not true piece of singletrack. But anything to help connectivity and get people outside moving.
It's a multiuse trail, not true piece of singletrack. But anything to help connectivity and get people outside moving.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:42 pm to supersaints9
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I don’t mean to hurt your fragile feelings, but I think it’s safe to say that the majority of society doesn’t equate anything “world class” with Arkansas.
Our multiple billionaires in northwest Arkansas are working on it
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:44 pm to supersaints9
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I don’t mean to hurt your fragile feelings, but I think it’s safe to say that the majority of society doesn’t equate anything “world class” with Arkansas.
I know
Please don't move here
It sucks here
it's awful
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:51 pm to Numberwang
I hate the biking community in NWA. All the roads around my house are part of biking trails. These roads have no shoulder, have steep hills and are curvy as hell and these people just ride down the middle of the road at slow speeds and most of the time you can’t pass them because there are blind curves and hills you can’t see over. I’ve seen 3 accidents caused by bikers just on this one hill near my street where people try to pass them and end up getting struck head on by people coming over the hill. I almost never take the back way to Bella Vista and Missouri anymore because all those backroads have been taken over by groups of bikers. You can get stuck behind these groups for half an hour at points because of all the steep curves. They’re so entitled they don’t even pull off to the side and waive you through they’ll just ignore long lines of cars behind them.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:51 pm to supersaints9
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euless, Texas
you got me
Looks pretty exciting where you are
holy shite is that a Conoco and a Midas!!
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:59 pm to cramps
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Yeah that's cool and all, but does your campus have a river running through it?
Open sewers don't count, Aggie.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:59 pm to GeauxNewUser
quote:If Arkansas really wanted to they could probably buy any player they wanted. Can anyone compete with Wal-Mart money?
Wasted money. Spend it on offensive and defensive lineman. No priorities.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:00 pm to Numberwang
Just another bike trail for the homeless to live on and commit crimes.
Jesus, Fayetteville has become a libtard haven.
Jesus, Fayetteville has become a libtard haven.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:05 pm to blackrose890
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I'm surprised it's not being built around the new medical school by Crystal Bridges
they're not building trails around the medical school
because they're building the medical school around the trails
Look At Maps
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:11 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Very true, also apparently Alice is buying Washington Regional to be the school's rotation affliation. Not contracting for the spots, but buying the hospital.
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Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:12 pm to truth22
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I hear they're even thinking of paving the roads for automobile traffic, now that the indoor plumbing is almost complete.
We've all been to a fake mall that's built to look like a town, and we've all been to College Station, which looks worse than that, and has 7 trees that were planted 4 years ago
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:14 pm to HOG92
It is annoying that those who have switched to working from home are always out biking and slowing down those still trying to get to the office in the morning. Either that or they just aren't working at 8:00 on a Wednesday for whatever reason. And now they have their own stoplights at crosswalks that take entirely too long to turn off so you're sitting there waiting 30 seconds after the biker is on the other side of the road.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:38 pm to gohogs141
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hate the biking community in NWA. All the roads around my house are part of biking trails. These roads have no shoulder, have steep hills and are curvy as hell and these people just ride down the middle of the road at slow speeds and most of the time you can’t pass them because there are blind curves and hills you can’t see over. I’ve seen 3 accidents caused by bikers just on this one hill near my street where people try to pass them and end up getting struck head on by people coming over the hill. I almost never take the back way to Bella Vista and Missouri anymore because all those backroads have been taken over by groups of bikers. You can get stuck behind these groups for half an hour at points because of all the steep curves. They’re so entitled they don’t even pull off to the side and waive you through they’ll just ignore long lines of cars behind them.
Good lord son,
You need to start throwing shite at us. That is the motorist's role in this deal.
Best thing I ever got hit with was a cassette tape of Barry Manilow's greatest hits. Dude was going the opposite direction and he nailed me in the chest with the edge of the cassette tape. I thought been shot. So I turned around to see what it was. Saw it was Barry Manilow and the only thing I regret is I didn't get to give props to the guy.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:38 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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See this coffee shop? It's not accessible by car or truck.
That is pretty cool!
Just keep the riff raff out like LSU fans and it will be a hit.
I keed, I keed!
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:44 pm to Sebastian
The Waltons don't care for sports unless it deals with bike trails or art then they are in. The only Walton that was involved was Bud Walton.
The Tyson and Hunt families are mostly true Arkansans and they have been doing the heavy lifting.
The Tyson and Hunt families are mostly true Arkansans and they have been doing the heavy lifting.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:50 pm to thatthang
The designation of "world class" applies to the design and construction, not the degree of difficulty. And this loop connects with a course that has been used for Olympic trials recently.
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