Also, FWIW, I'm a guy that thinks riding 100 miles on gravel roads is fun and who loves riding crushed limestone trails generally. When I say it's unrideable, it's because it's really, really bad.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:41 AM Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. Perhaps now that the ground is unfrozen, it's time for that. > Anybody know when that will happen? > > --- > > Robert F. Nagel, Attorney > Law Offices of Robert Nagel > [email protected] > www.nagel-law.com > Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 > Madison, WI 53703 > 608-255-1501 office > 608-255-1504 fax > 608-438-9501 cell > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Grant Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would call it unrideable right now. I rode PB to Franklin on Tuesday >> and it was dry, but so rutted that I wouldn't suggest riding it to anyone. >> This was unloaded with 32c tires. I do think paving is the long-term answer >> for this stretch, but agree that some grooming and addition of gravel would >> improve things significantly. This has happened at least the last three >> spring seasons. >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:30 AM Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Good question. I have a more narrow one though. How is the trail now? >>> The ruts were so bad the last time I went out to it, it wasn't rideable. Is >>> it rideable yet? Does it get groomed at all? Could it be groomed perhaps to >>> be made rideable earlier in the season? I can't imagine a better use for >>> the trail fees other than to take care of the trail. If it's not being >>> groomed, what is happening to the fees? >>> >>> Sorry, I know I said my question would be more narrow, but I guess I >>> ended up with more than question, some of which may not be so narrow, but >>> at least I didn't jump the trail. >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Robert F. Nagel, Attorney >>> Law Offices of Robert Nagel >>> [email protected] >>> www.nagel-law.com >>> Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor >>> 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 >>> Madison, WI 53703 >>> 608-255-1501 office >>> 608-255-1504 fax >>> 608-438-9501 cell >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Grant Foster via Bikies < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Good morning, >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any background or contacts related to paving the >>>> Military Ridge Trail from PB to 18/151 on the southwest side of Verona? >>>> >>>> This section of path gets very high usage and the current conditions >>>> result in an almost unusable trail each spring. Walkers and joggers and >>>> cyclists can't keep off of it in late winter/early spring when it's very >>>> wet and their footprints and wheel ruts then harden when things dry out. It >>>> takes quite a while for the trail to become rideable again, even with >>>> fatter tires. Given its location in an urban setting and its >>>> importance to accessing a very large employment center, this path should be >>>> paved. >>>> >>>> Would Dane Co. Parks be the lead on this sort of thing? Is the obstacle >>>> financial or is it about snowmobile access? I'd be interested in working >>>> with some folks to try and make progress on it. Thanks. >>>> >>>> Grant >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bikies mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >>>> >>>> >>> >
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