mtb tracks

Mountain bike tracks have for a long time have been illegal. They used to be built mainly be an individual or a small group of people. They were illegal because they were located in private property. Many of the tracks were destroyed because of foresting and some fell into disrepair this made them dangerous, because all the tracks were Illegal Mountain biking became a kind of taboo and did not have a very good reputation.

Some of the tracks had devastating consequences on the land scape, despite what people think this was not from the bikes but from the rain as in the corners and in the hollow’s water collected and softened up the ground.  The tracks had no drainage so they turned into streams when it rained.  Some of the tracks became unrideable because of large gullies going down the middle of the track that had been eroded by running rain water.

Now a day there is a few Mountain bike tracks that are legal, there is one in three rocks that was the first ever legal mountain bike track in Dublin mt’s. This track took a lot of time and money to make and is one of the most popular tracks in the country.

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3rock track