[bullit71]

Coming down the backside on the steep hill. Two Rangers one with a radar gun. First time I've ever seen radar on the trails.

Place was packed with families, dogs, etc so we took it real slow anyways.

So take it slow today!

 

[Acadian]

steep hill? what part of FO is that?

 

[Rumpfy]

steep hill? what part of FO is that?

My guess is 'the damn' back down to Stevens Creek Resi. It actually is kinda steep...for FO.

 

[Rumpfy]

Coming down the backside on the steep hill. Two Rangers one with a radar gun. First time I've ever seen radar on the trails.

Place was packed with families, dogs, etc so we took it real slow anyways.

So take it slow today!

Smart play. Almost always good to take it easy there (unless it's way off peak times). That place gets a lot of foot/famile/horsie traffic.

 

[d-bug]

I've seen rangers there many times. I even passed one as he was writing a ticket for another biker, and the rangers partner had the gun on us. Luckily we were within limits.

 

[Acadian]

Smart play. Almost always good to take it easy there (unless it's way off peak times).(

Word! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

That place gets a lot of foot/famile/horsie traffic.

that's an understatement...there's some people I've probably 100 times there and EVERY time I say "hi" or "Good morning" or "have a nice walk" or "enjoy the day" etc.. and to this day they still haven't said anythinng back!

But there are also some nice ones

 

[filtersweep]

What is the speed limit? Just curious?

 

[AL29er]

I don't think any of the OSP's have speeds over 15mph. FO is good for training rides, but I have only found a couple of trails worth doing and they are unmentionable on the board. If I end up with a ticket in there it won't be for speed

 

[Rumpfy]

What is the speed limit? Just curious?

15mph limit, 5mph when passing.

 

[Rumpfy]

but I have only found a couple of trails worth doing and they are unmentionable on the board. If I end up with a ticket in there it won't be for speed

Hahaha! Agreed.

 

[bullit71]

Yeah, FO really isn't a very good place to mtn bike at. Way too many families walking side by side taking up the entire width of the trail jabbering away with no interesting in making room for anyone else.

But it's close and gets the job done if you need to get a quick ride in.

When you start the climb from the parking lot you get to the point where you can make a left or a right and do the loop. We took a left and then climbed to the top and then came down that nice singletrack. About halfway down you come out of the singletrack to more of a fireroad and you can really let off the brakes and fly - but fortunately I saw the two rangers below with their guns.

Oh, and it was my first time on my brand new Redline Monocog Flight SS 29er. Good times! :thumbsup:

 

[Loll]

Bingo

Yeah, FO really isn't a very good place to mtn bike at. Way too many families walking side by side taking up the entire width of the trail jabbering away with no interesting in making room for anyone else.

But it's close and gets the job done if you need to get a quick ride in.

When you start the climb from the parking lot you get to the point where you can make a left or a right and do the loop. We took a left and then climbed to the top and then came down that nice singletrack. About halfway down you come out of the singletrack to more of a fireroad and you can really let off the brakes and fly - but fortunately I saw the two rangers below with their guns.

Oh, and it was my first time on my brand new Redline Monocog Flight SS 29er. Good times! :thumbsup:

This is exactly where I got my speeding ticket. Rangers were hiding their truck behind some brushes.

While on this topic, did anyone ever see rangers at Demo, UCSC, or Waterdog?

 

[HarryCallahan]

This is exactly where I got my speeding ticket. Rangers were hiding their truck behind some brushes.

While on this topic, did anyone ever see rangers at Demo, UCSC, or Waterdog?

Nope, no radar at those places. Only some agencies use radar, and then, not always at all the areas they manage.

MROSD uses it pretty extensively, especially in places where there are either lots of users, or (it appears) there tend to be lots of high speed bikes.

Marin Water District uses radar to enforce speed limits. State Parks is known to use radar at some parks. I've nver heard of them using it it at wilder or Nisene, but I seem to recall some posts about radar at Mt. Diablo

 

[grrrah]

one time on seven springs, I saw one way down the trail in an obvious trap position, and was going slow to begin with. I thought I was going VERRRY slow, but when I got to him, I saw the radar was clocked at 16mph. He gave me a warning for going "around 20mph" even with the 16 mph, I would severly doubt the calibration on the gun. I was way beyond not enjoying the descent.

 

[Francis Cebedo]

It's reasonable to have speed enforcement there right now. There's just a lot of people right now and it's easy for a speeding rider to hit someone in the Seven Springs twisty singletrack.

I ride my cross bike and rigid bike there. It feels like an exciting descent but I'm going slowww.

More power to the families that go there. I'm really psyched that folks of all ages are out there and not stuck in the gym or in front of the tv. I like the look on kids' faces when they see a bike. "looks like fun!"

What is a crime is that Toyon backside and Toyon middle trail are closed. They are bone dry and they have zero people. Everyone is forced into Seven Springs.

francois

 

[Acadian]

What is a crime is that Toyon backside and Toyon middle trail are closed. They are bone dry and they have zero people. Everyone is forced into Seven Springs.

francois

hurm! hurmm! how do you know that they are bone dry?



I had a friendly chat with one of the Rangers there during the holidays while riding - he was super cool and even made jokes about how I was lapping him (I was doing 7 springs loops).

I also think it's good that more people are hitting the parks instead of gyms…but unfortunately I see this year after year and you start seeing less and less people as the year progresses.

I can't wait to get my Hard Tail to ride there…

 

[RJG]

What is a crime is that Toyon backside and Toyon middle trail are closed. They are bone dry and they have zero people. Everyone is forced into Seven Springs.

francois

Any reasoning behind keeping Toyon closed and 7 Springs open? I totally agree with your comment about forcing everyone onto 7 Springs. I guess Toyon doesn't dry out very well, but the top and bottom of 7 Springs in the winter is a total mud bog too. Also, I think that 7 Springs has greater potential for an accident because it has more blind turns.
I wonder why the rangers don't use their discretion to open or close trails. It has rained very little and most everything is ridable and as dry as summer, yet they just arbitrarily close the trails, that makes no sense to me.
R

 

[bullit71]

Any reasoning behind keeping Toyon closed and 7 Springs open? I totally agree with your comment about forcing everyone onto 7 Springs. I guess Toyon doesn't dry out very well, but the top and bottom of 7 Springs in the winter is a total mud bog too. Also, I think that 7 Springs has greater potential for an accident because it has more blind turns.
I wonder why the rangers don't use their discretion to open or close trails. It has rained very little and most everything is ridable and as dry as summer, yet they just arbitrarily close the trails, that makes no sense to me.
R

It must be the militant attitude the people have on the parks around here. Why is that? Is it because the bay area has more liberal tree huggers than other parts of CA? Mtn bikers are the scourge of the earth around here and most non-mtn bikers would love nothing more than to ban all these trails from us. Look at Tunnel trail down in Santa Barbara.

I lived in San Diego before here and never had issues like this, and everyone seemed to just get along. Never had rangers jumping out of the bushes with radar guns, or hanging around into the night trying bust ppl biking night riding. Heck we posted night rides and I don't ever recall having to worry.

It takes alot of money to pay these rangers to do all of this extra work, and those funds come in the form of taxes, which are determined by politicians. Apparently the residents in the Bay area like voting for environmentalists so there ya go - militant rules on parks.

Oh well, you get what you ask for. Ride on!

 

[MichiganMat]

FO is notorious for RadarRangers, as is upper Stevens Creek (one of my fav rides). Tack it up as the price of convenience. I was actually busted at Stevens for not riding with a helmet when I first got started, talk about lame. Felt like I was about 6 years old, never felt so Right-wing in my entire life!

 

[Swell Guy]

Dup post.