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Post by bikerides4u on Jul 28, 2008 8:03:53 GMT -5
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Post by bikerides4u on Jul 2, 2008 7:30:11 GMT -5
Count me in . What time ?
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Post by bikerides4u on May 19, 2008 10:26:52 GMT -5
Rode parts of the new trail from Petersburg Camp Ground to Wildwood Sunday . Someone is doing work on it ? Seems to be coming around slowly but real nice . Love the woopdy-doos bunched together , about 1.5--2 miles from Petersburg .Once the trail is finished you will be able to get air born there . Real high !
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Post by bikerides4u on Sept 24, 2007 8:20:59 GMT -5
Great response ! But I just thought it was kinda funny that it was almost exactly to the day one year ago that the other riders got lost . But we all need to remind ourselves that FATS is like no other trail system !(Awesome!) And these riders who have been getting lost ( the one's we know about ) obviously are somewhat "beginners" and just because we are so much more skilled and advanced than others ,we need to be a little more compassonite towards them and help them come along in the sport, not act obnoxious and ridicule them just because they got lost trying to take up the sport .When we get to the top , it's so easy to forget where we came from .
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Post by bikerides4u on Sept 21, 2007 13:58:16 GMT -5
Where were you a year ago ?
Three bike riders lost on FORKS Bike Trails
web posted September 23, 2006
MERRIWETHER – Just after 8 pm Merriwether Fire Department and Edgefield County Deputies were called to the FORKS Riding Trail off Woodlawn Road due to three riders on the trails being missing for over two hours. After Deputies arrived on the scene the riders’ cars were spotted in the parking lot but no one was found nearby.
The Merriwether Fire Department responded with several four wheelers and also horses to try to locate the missing riders. After unloading the four wheelers and beginning the search voices were heard down the trails.
Firemen were able to help escort the riders out to the parking lot after they got lost on the trials. One rider, a woman from Lexington, told the deputy, “the signage sucks,” as being the reason they were lost.
The US Forestry Service was also contacted and they requested a full report be made on the matter. The riders thanked rescuers for their concern and apologized for the trouble.
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Post by bikerides4u on Sept 20, 2007 13:06:50 GMT -5
About 8 "You are here signs" with map including star or arrow where you were, would add class to FATS .
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Post by bikerides4u on Sept 19, 2007 11:43:49 GMT -5
I've ridden most of FATS , XTREME style . Awsome trails ! I could hardly walk or think clearly after riding two trails hard . Glad I was following someone who knew the way . What an adrineline ! But if I had gotten seperated from the guy in front of me I probably would have been lost till dark . Maybe we ride to hard ? Signs , easy to read with sweat in your eyes , muscles cramping , heart pumping , with glow in the dark letters would be great ! If you get lost after dark signs or arrows won't help unless they have glow in the dark letters . FATS awesome !
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