Great trailer. This is an extended trailer for the documentary PEDAL-DRIVEN due to release in 2010. For more info visit www.pedaldriven.org
Damn! I'd love to see a ride center down here in So cal. May have to plan a trip to Oregon with the wife and kids..
Sweet video. Makes you want to pack the car and head up to Oregon like NOW. :bang: Just wondering: if a ride center came into our area where would it be established? Big Bear? San Gabriels? the OC? :?:
I've never seen the symbiotic relationship between users(COTA) and the Forest Service that I witnessed in Central Oregon last October. I was so stoked, I joined COTA as soon as I got home. Riding a multi use trail that welcomes all, but was built with the flow that only bikers, and accomplished trail builders, can create is the fodder for many of my day dreams.
Having visited many other western states it seems to me that CA is the only state that has a strong anti-bike sentiment. AZ,UT,CO all do much better in shared use trails. I've rode in NV,OR, and WA too but didn't run into hikers or equestrians. But I'm told there is an "all are welcome" attitude for the most part .
We are 40 million strong. Even if only half are of voting age, that's 20 million. And that is a large block of voters. All it takes is getting more educated and very organized.
"We found all these trails were not only secret... they were ILLEGAL." Seriously? And IMBA is behind some part of this? WTF?!?! - shud
Wow, how do we setup something like COTA here I wonder? The Central Oregon Trail Alliance is dedicated to the stewardship of sustainable, multiple-use trails and to preserving access for mountain bikers through advocacy, education and promoting responsible trail use. COTA is a non profit volunteer organization that works in conjunction with the USFS, BLM and other land managers to build and maintain trails throughout Central Oregon. COTA is an IMBA affiliated club.
It would be very difficult but not impossible. I liken it in a sense to being a cop in SoCal. There are only so many tools at your disposal to effectively keep the peace. Likewise, there are so many users with narrow, specific agendas that getting a cohesive ideology on trail use and maintenance is next to impossible. "Recently, the production has evolved away from debaucherous bike porn, and towards promoting social awareness of mountain biking, and securing future land use for the embattled and misunderstood sport." To that I would the economic benefits as well. Regionally speaking, we are just too damn big for own good. The simplest way is to do it in small pockets or groups similar to the town of Oakridge did. However, remember that the town got on board out of necessity to sustain itself and after seeing the financial benefits of catering to the MTB crowd rather than out of the goodness of their hearts initially. With SoCal being so populated, there are just enough interests that profit, both financially and politically, by keeping any organizing efforts fragmented. It comes down to how bad do we want it?
