When the going gets tough, the tough get going: 🇳🇱 Netherlands might be a cycling heaven, but that doesn't make trail advocacy easy. After *13 years* of struggle, legal challenges and delays, one of the best XC routes of the Netherlands has finally opened: Schoorl. My congratulations to MTB-Noordwest for their phenomenal marathon effort!
After a few large fires in the region a decade or so ago, and the reassignment of Natura 2000, etc nature Zoning, the (grannied in) old MTB route from the early 2000s was well due for an update. This regions' new trail upgrade and adaptation retreats from sensitive, unique regions and gives Dutch Mountainbikers a taste of natural technical challenge.
For me, this signals hope. For a country that primarily relies on man-made challenges, natural challenge is a breath of fresh air. Not in the least because, far too many man-made challenges are swiftly removed at the very first sign of a fall on Dutch trails. Because the Dutch are born on bikes and their terrain is generally not naturally challenging, the concept of inherent risk in Mountainbiking - and behaviour appropriate to that on trails from less advanced cyclists - has dominated and limited what Dutch trails could be.
I hope that after the eventual (and disappointing) removal of Black TTF's following the launch of a nationwide trail grading system butly the NTFU that I am aware of, this new naturally challenging track can pave a way for an understanding of classification. And someday, perhaps, to the reintroduction of more black elements.
Article by Velozine in Dutch. #trailbuilding #mtbadvocacy #mountainbiking
Ken je dat verhaal van die mountainbikeroute in noordwest Nederland die men wilde vernieuwen? Het begint misschien als een grap, maar wel een die ruim 13 jaar duurde. Na 13 jaar procederen kwam er eindelijk groen licht voor de vernieuwing van de mountainbikeroute in de Schoorlse Duinen.
En nu, na talloze ecologische onderzoeken, ontelbare uren zweet en toewijding van vrijwilligers en support van donateurs gaat op zaterdag 28 september het vernieuwde mtb-routenetwerk in Schoorl officieel open!
Wij kregen alvast een exclusief kijkje vooraf op en bij deze toch wel erg unieke routes in het noordwesten van ons land.
Check het hele verhaal nu op Velozine.nl!
#mountainbike #mountainbikeroute #cycling #fietsen #natuur #buitenspelen #buitensport #samenwerken
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Nieuwe mountainbikeroute Schoorl, na 13 jaar gerealiseerd…
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