Busted: I fought the law and the law gave me a warning.

[Edgar Frog]

I got busted riding an illegal trail that technically isn't a trail. "It is an off limits area that has been destoyed by mountainbikers, but you don't really care," gasped Ranger Rick.

It figures that I would have the greatest day at my favorite trail, and get caught in the act. I got caught elbow deep snatching up the last cookie in the cookie jar. With a smile from ear to ear, I rolled up on Ranger Rick digging a hole for the new "no Mountain Bikers" sign.

To be honest he was an OK guy. Ran my license, and asked me if I knew the trail was illegal. Ahhh well, it's not on the map. He gave me a warning and said that next time it will cost me $300 and to tell all my friends.

So friends, if you are thinking about riding your favorite poacher trail that allows you to find some solace in this crazy world, don't do it. Douchbags spend $80,000 on their cars and $5000 on their watches...which can't even touch the pleasure I get from my trail. So, I say pay to play. I can support the California budget, California's Nat'l Parks all by doing the thing that I love the most. Win Win.

Ghandi likes this.

[singlespeed.org]

Obviously wasn't MidPen lands, as they would have only given you the warning...

[NoBalance]

Yeah, thanks for the tip. The main reason I don't ride such trails is the potential costs. Now which trail is this anyway?

[iheartbicycles]

Originally Posted by Edgar Frog

I got busted riding an illegal trail that technically isn't a trail. "It is an off limits area that has been destoyed by mountainbikers, but you don't really care," gasped Ranger Rick.

It figures that I would have the greatest day at my favorite trail, and get caught in the act. I got caught elbow deep snatching up the last cookie in the cookie jar. With a smile from ear to ear, I rolled up on Ranger Rick digging a hole for the new "no Mountain Bikers" sign.

To be honest he was an OK guy. Ran my license, and asked me if I knew the trail was illegal. Ahhh well, it's not on the map. He gave me a warning and said that next time it will cost me $300 and to tell all my friends.

So friends, if you are thinking about riding your favorite poacher trail that allows you to find some solace in this crazy world, don't do it. Douchbags spend $80,000 on their cars and $5000 on their watches...which can't even touch the pleasure I get from my trail. So, I say pay to play. I can support the California budget, California's Nat'l Parks all by doing the thing that I love the most. Win Win.

Ghandi likes this.

That's pretty much been my MO. I've been ticketed 3 times in 17 years, totalling about $700. Do the math; that's a good deal!

[EBrider]

Yeah, we want details on this trail so we can be sure to avoid it.

[iheartbicycles]

Originally Posted by EBrider

Yeah, we want details on this trail so we can be sure to avoid it.

It would be helpful to have pics of line selection, jumps and drops to stay away from.

[snowjnky]

Last time I was preaching pay to play; it was about 3 mins before I dropped my favorite trail, i got my one and only ticket ever on the trail. Now I dont say shiz I just ride and pray. That seems to be working.
But I agree it I would pay to play anyday of the week as long as it is not everyday.

[CHUMPa]

A guess:

"From
(City, State or Country):
Sata Cruz, CA
Year started riding:
07
Favorite type of riding
(can choose more than:
Freeride
Favorite Trail:
Mailboxes, Santa Cruz "

[Carl Hungus]

Originally Posted by Edgar Frog

"It is an off limits area that has been destoyed by mountainbikers, but you don't really care," gasped Ranger Rick.

Did he really say that? I wonder if he was also ticketing hikers/runners on this trail that doesn't exist since we see them on it all the time. I kinda thought the Rangers were turning a blind eye to it since it really is pretty blatant and wouldn't take much to just sit there at the bottom and hand out tickets. Oh well. I wonder if some of the new stuff resulted in increased attention? Maybe if we weren't pushed out of 90% of the park there wouldn't be a need for said trail. Maybe not...

Sincerely,
Your partner in crime

[TahoeBC]

Originally Posted by Carl Hungus

Oh well. I wonder if some of the new stuff resulted in increased attention?

That's hard to believe

[LWright]

Instead of "No Bikes" shouldn't the sign have said "No Trail"? Or do they allow hikers and horses to go "off trail/cross country"

[baycat]

Me too! Last week was reprimanded in the parking lot by Homeland Security of all people.

[Carl Hungus]

Originally Posted by CHUMPa

A guess:

"From
(City, State or Country):
Sata Cruz, CA
Year started riding:
07
Favorite type of riding
(can choose more than:
Freeride
Favorite Trail:
Mailboxes, Santa Cruz "

Nope. Guess again Sherlock. Mr. Frog had the thoughtfulness not to post the name or location of said illegal trail, so why are you doing it?

[Carl Hungus]

Originally Posted by TahoeBC

That's hard to believe

Touche', although I will say that it's not the trail you're thinking of.

[snowjnky]

Originally Posted by Carl Hungus

Nope. Guess again Sherlock. Mr. Frog had the thoughtfulness not to post the name or location of said illegal trail, so why are you doing it?

BayCat has a map of the trials in question

BayCat can you post that also?

[EBrider]

Originally Posted by snowjnky

BayCat has a map of the trials in question

BayCat can you post that also?

Along with a Google map marking the trail head. Please.

Be sure to copy BlueShorts.

[CHUMPa]

Originally Posted by Carl Hungus

Nope. Guess again Sherlock. Mr. Frog had the thoughtfulness not to post the name or location of said illegal trail, so why are you doing it?

People asked for information.

It's right there in his profile where he thoughtfully posted the name and location of his favorite trail.

http://forums.mtbr.com/member.php?u=459308

[snowjnky]

Both OP and Chump are undercover rangers they are tag teaming this thread to scare people away from the 100 acre woods

[baycat]

As requested. This is my 2.0 version in B&W makes it all historical looking.

[CHUMPa]

Originally Posted by snowjnky

Both OP and Chump are undercover rangers they are tag teaming this thread to scare people away from the 100 acre woods

Actually, I was much more concerned with a trail in Marin, that kind of sounds similar a word that he used in his post ("solace").

So I checked his profile to see if he was a Marin local and found his "favorite poacher trail."

[Carl Hungus]

Originally Posted by baycat

As requested. This is my 2.0 version in B&W makes it all historical looking.

I think it needs more of a Sepia look to it.

[CHUM]

Originally Posted by CHUMPa

Actually, I was much more concerned with a trail in Marin, that kind of sounds similar a word that he used in his post ("solace").

So I checked his profile to see if he was a Marin local and found his "favorite poacher trail."

crap....you name is too close to mine...

please do not post anything too retarded or they'll think you're me.....i get heckled enough as is....

[iheartbicycles]

Originally Posted by CHUM

crap....you name is too close to mine...

please do not post anything too retarded or they'll think you're me.....i get heckled enough as is....

I heard something about chumpa breaking stems. Fatass!

[EBrider]

Originally Posted by iheartbicycles

I heard something about chumpa breaking stems. Fatass!

That unknown trail that sounds like solace eats up stems.

[grrrah]

Assuming the OP was legit, the ranger did ask him/her to tell all his friends... No reason to keep it hidden.

Why do you think the police tell the media and everyone where the DUI checkpoints are? Knowing they are out there enforcing is more of a deterrent / effective than just having the checkpoint itself.

[CHUM]

Originally Posted by iheartbicycles

I heard something about chumpa breaking stems. Fatass!

ya know...maybe this will have the reverse effect....people will think CHUMPa is me...therefore fat, retarded.....and to be disregarded.....

i can only hope.....






gotta go mail off my stem now....

[snowjnky]

Originally Posted by grrrah

Assuming the OP was legit, the ranger did ask him/her to tell all his friends... No reason to keep it hidden.

Why do you think the police tell the media and everyone where the DUI checkpoints are? Knowing they are out there enforcing is more of a deterrent / effective than just having the checkpoint itself.

I agree I want to know also I want less people on the trial...at least when I am on it
I saw a 2 rangers yesterday...Luckily they were already leaving

[snowjnky]

Originally Posted by CHUMPa

Actually, I was much more concerned with a trail in Marin, that kind of sounds similar a word that he used in his post ("solace").

So I checked his profile to see if he was a Marin local and found his "favorite poacher trail."

I was kidding about the "Ranger" thing; but enough with the trial names and locations

and yes my advatard is ironic

[Dirt_Diggler]

so, i got my 4th sidewall cut yesterday- which sucks.

on the upside- i haven't seen a ranger, a speed limit sign, or a no-bikes sign since moving.

[Carl Hungus]

Originally Posted by CHUMPa

Actually, I was much more concerned with a trail in Marin, that kind of sounds similar a word that he used in his post ("solace").

So I checked his profile to see if he was a Marin local and found his "favorite poacher trail."

Awesome work detective! I hear the mall is hiring.

[Dirt_Diggler]

i also haven't broken any stems..... saddlebags (should i x-post this?)

[CHUM]

Originally Posted by Dirt_Diggler

...i also haven't broken any stems.....

on the upside- i haven't seen a ranger, a speed limit sign, or a no-bikes sign since moving.

got room for me, Mrs.CHUM & mini-CHUM? i can cook a mean waffle.....

[Dirt_Diggler]

well, i did before i realized you're one of "those"- a stem breaker.

there's room for the wife and kid though. she's not a stem breaker is she? you're not raising the little one to be a stem breaker are you?

but honestly, lots of room here. hammocks in the back yard, koi pond. come visit. bring tubes and lots of stans.

[K-max]

and we haven't had backyard sushi since. *hrumpfff*

[CHUM]

Originally Posted by Dirt_Diggler

well, i did before i realized you're one of "those"- a stem breaker.....

no no no... not me...you're thinking CHUMPa.. people get us confused ALL the time....

[CHUMPa]

Originally Posted by Carl Hungus

Awesome work detective! I hear the mail is hiring.

If hired would I get to deliver mail to whiny people's mail boxes?

Please tell us once more about "Mr. Frog having the thoughtfulness not to post the name or location of said illegal trail."

That should be good for a laugh, again.

[Dirt_Diggler]

Originally Posted by K-max

and we haven't had backyard sushi since. *hrumpfff*

i going to do backpacking sushi in two weeks in the superstition mountains. dry ice, some bubble wrap and a big pack. its a group of outdoor folks with a focus on backcountry cooking. rumor is we have a journalist coming who splits her time between Gourmet and Backpacking magazine- so maybe I'll be famous (aside from the adult movie business that is).

[baycat]

Diggler you visited Guerno Canelo for their Sonoran. Bacon wrapped mesquite hotdog with cheese and all the trimmings.

http://www.elguerocanelo.com/index2.html

[snowjnky]

mmmmmmmm

[Edgar Frog]

Dearest Mailboxes,

Oh Mailboxes, it was so long ago, we were so young. My mind brings me back to the first time. I was in a pair of camo cargos, etnies, and a T shirt, riding a borrowed bike. You were so young, natural, smooth, and fast.

At first I didn't know what to expect. I had been with Missionary Peak back in my hometown but you were so much more. You had obviously done this before. You saw the fear and weakness in my eyes, but you did not expose me. You embraced me, pushing me to go faster. Time stood still; my mind could not process the ecstasy that I was experiencing. Then, over the edge, no longer in my hands, fear was not an option. Then we were one. I couldn't tell where I ended and you started. You were my first love.

We continued to see each other regularly for months. I moved to be closer to you. Any chance to get away, I rode to you. I got to know every curve, all the little idiosyncrasies that made you, you. I knew you could never be only mine so I went out to experience other trails.

I have matured since our time together. I have gotten to know many new tails. Riding them over and over always pushing myself to go harder and bigger. I have become a trail whore. I can only feel exhilaration if I am racing, or shooting video of my conquests. It used to be so pure, now it has become so complex. I have no soul, only the desire to have my way with every trail I come in contact with. I now find myself calling all of the trails I ride my favorite.
I have been found out. I now must come clean. I was not talking of you then when I spoke of my favorite poacher trail. Only when it was brought out in the open could I see the truth.

I have had many very special times with many different trails, but you Mailboxes are my first, my last, my everything.

E.F.

[GoGoGordo]

Originally Posted by Edgar Frog

Dearest Mailboxes,

Oh Mailboxes, it was so long ago, we were so young. My mind brings me back to the first time. I was in a pair of camo cargos, etnies, and a T shirt, riding a borrowed bike. You were so young, natural, smooth, and fast.

At first I didn't know what to expect. I had been with Missionary Peak back in my hometown but you were so much more. You had obviously done this before. You saw the fear and weakness in my eyes, but you did not expose me. You embraced me, pushing me to go faster. Time stood still; my mind could not process the ecstasy that I was experiencing. Then, over the edge, no longer in my hands, fear was not an option. Then we were one. I couldn't tell where I ended and you started. You were my first love.

We continued to see each other regularly for months. I moved to be closer to you. Any chance to get away, I rode to you. I got to know every curve, all the little idiosyncrasies that made you, you. I new you could never be only mine so I went out to experience other trails.

I have matured since our time together. I have gotten to know many new trails. Riding them over and over always pushing myself to go harder and bigger. I have become a trail whore. I can only feel exhilaration if I am racing, or shooting video of my conquests. It used to be so pure, now it has become so complex. I have no soul, only the desire to have my way with every trail I come in contact with. I now find myself calling all of the trails I ride my favorite.
I have been found out. I now must come clean. I was not talking of you then when I spoke of my favorite poacher trail. Only when it was brought out in the open could I see the truth.

I have had many very special times with many different trails, but you Mailboxes are my first, my last, my everything.

E.F.

Nice.
Most excellent dude.
G

[ZEKEDAWG]

I saw a ranger out the other day too, he was planting signs too. He was on his mountain bike, he was planting signs showing you where the trails were and what the names were. He used the bike to pack his saws and loppers so that he could cut the brush out of the over grown trails. I was out doing a bit of trail maintenance too. It was a good day.

So glad I live here and not wherever it is you law breakers live.

[Dirt_Diggler]

Originally Posted by baycat

Diggler you visited Guerno Canelo for their Sonoran. Bacon wrapped mesquite hotdog with cheese and all the trimmings.

http://www.elguerocanelo.com/index2.html

i don't know man, that looks like a legit establishment. i prefer to get my bacon fried and wrapped hot dogs from a stand on the side of the road sitting in the middle of a sweltering parking lot. but honestly, no i haven't. and YES i will. maybe right now. thanks

[Dirt_Diggler]

edgar frog- that was hilarious and clever. often one and the same, but not always. i laugh. thanks.

[switchbaxr]

Originally Posted by Edgar Frog

Dearest Mailboxes,

Oh Mailboxes, it was so long ago, we were so young. My mind brings me back to the first time. I was in a pair of camo cargos, etnies, and a T shirt, riding a borrowed bike. You were so young, natural, smooth, and fast.

At first I didn't know what to expect. I had been with Missionary Peak back in my hometown but you were so much more. You had obviously done this before. You saw the fear and weakness in my eyes, but you did not expose me. You embraced me, pushing me to go faster. Time stood still; my mind could not process the ecstasy that I was experiencing. Then, over the edge, no longer in my hands, fear was not an option. Then we were one. I couldn't tell where I ended and you started. You were my first love.

We continued to see each other regularly for months. I moved to be closer to you. Any chance to get away, I rode to you. I got to know every curve, all the little idiosyncrasies that made you, you. I knew you could never be only mine so I went out to experience other trails.

I have matured since our time together. I have gotten to know many new tails. Riding them over and over always pushing myself to go harder and bigger. I have become a trail whore. I can only feel exhilaration if I am racing, or shooting video of my conquests. It used to be so pure, now it has become so complex. I have no soul, only the desire to have my way with every trail I come in contact with. I now find myself calling all of the trails I ride my favorite.
I have been found out. I now must come clean. I was not talking of you then when I spoke of my favorite poacher trail. Only when it was brought out in the open could I see the truth.

I have had many very special times with many different trails, but you Mailboxes are my first, my last, my everything.

E.F.

That's some prime mtbr-prose...so feelin' the vibe, thanks for the smile.
Switchbaxr