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Mike Riter of Trail Design Specialists (#38)

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Trail EAffect Episode 38: with Mike Riter of Trail Design Specialists

This episode first aired on September 8th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio

Topics Covered in this show:

  • How Mike got into Trails and Trail Building
  • The start of the IMBA Trail Care Crew
  • Traveling to Europe as the IMBA Trail Care Crew
    • (The blurring of Public & Private Property in Europe)
  • Laws governing trails in England
  • Trail Construction in Europe
  • Trails and how they have transitioned from function of travel to recreation
  • Writing IMBA’s Guide to Building Sweet Single Track
  • Integrating a quality shared use trail experience to promote shared use
  • Directional Trails
  • The Transition from IMBA TCC to regular life not on the road
  • Working as the Georgia State Trails Coordinator
  • Starting TDS Trail Design Specialists (Two Dimensional Squirrels)
  • Trail Design Specialists – Design and training
  • Expanding out of just the South East and into Wisconsin
  • Trail Master Training / Class at Kickapoo Valley Reserve, WI
  • How Shared Use expanded from Hike & Horses to include Mountain Biking at Kickapoo Valley Reserve
  • How Mike has evolved into primarily training through the Trail Master Certification Courses
  • Covering the full 4 Day Trail Master Certification Course
  • The Feature that Mike continues to push for Trails (Rolling Grade Dip)
  • The Evolution of Trail Building from the 90’s to where it is today
  • The Trend of getting back to just building really good single track (vs more specialized trail types)

    • Links discussed during the show:

    Trail Design Specialists: https://www.traildesign.com/

    IMBA’s Guide to Building Sweet Single Track: https://www.imba.com/resource/trail-solutions

    ORA Trails in La Crosse, WI: www.oratrails.org

     

    Support for Trail EAffect Comes from Smith’s Bike Shop in La Crosse, WI https://smithsbikes.com/

    This show has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services, for more information go to:

    Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com

    Contact Josh at [email protected]

    Support the Trail EAffect through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/traileaffect

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