The 1% aka Lordship loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 0.26 mi
- Elevation gain
- 16 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Experts only
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 57 ft
- TrailRank
- 15
- Min elevation
- 33 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 7 minutes
- Coordinates
- 80
- Uploaded
- December 17, 2011
- Recorded
- December 2011
near Haringey, England (United Kingdom)
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Itinerary description
The track is built for elite riders and fails to offer the opportunity for those of less ability to bridge the divide between simply rolling over a series bumps to being able to develop the skills needed to ride the track to its potential. At its opening, I watched the 1% elite riders skipping over moguls on their back wheel wondering what the track provided for local children who will never attain those skills. Too many of the sections simply kill any speed you have built up, there should have been sections for people to learn what is needed to progress to more challenging sections, the basic premise of any form of inclusive education is scaffolding activities to allow people to attain their potential rather than patronising the less able by saying 'well at least you can just roll over the bumps'..... So if this park is provided for local people it certainly fails to be inclusive.
The jump park at Learnie, the bike park at Kielder and especially the skills loop at Dalbettie are the best examples I know where riders are able to develop their skills, of course the problem is they are all more than 300 miles away, the real shame is the missed opportunity of providing something of real use to the local community.
PS it is not even a loop
The jump park at Learnie, the bike park at Kielder and especially the skills loop at Dalbettie are the best examples I know where riders are able to develop their skills, of course the problem is they are all more than 300 miles away, the real shame is the missed opportunity of providing something of real use to the local community.
PS it is not even a loop
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