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Alex_A3nes t1_jamd1m9 wrote

This is such a fun and technical bit to hit on a mountain bike. This is right at the concrete tube/wall ride, up a little techy quick climb, and then right past this you go over a large concrete tube/pipe. Right?

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jbphilly t1_jamdhj0 wrote

If I remember correctly it’s right where the MTB trail diverges from the no-bikes-allowed trail, which goes through the pass pictured. So if I’m correct, you shouldn’t be riding it. But I may well be wrong.

And the new “improved” trail signage in the Wiss is so bad that you can very easily end up on a no-bikes trail even while making a good effort to follow the signs…happens to me at least once every time I ride there.

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Beer_Is_So_Awesome t1_jamki45 wrote

I had exactly the same though. I went left by accident once, and first thought "This tube is kind of dangerous on a bicycle" before coming across another trail fork where I spotted a "no bikes" sign.

I turned back and felt like a dick all the way back to the MTB trail.

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jbphilly t1_jamks2a wrote

Don't feel like a dick. The signage is spotty and confusing at best, and often misleading or outright nonexistent. I regularly refer to my Gaia app while riding because there's no other way to know which trail I'm supposed to be on.

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Alex_A3nes t1_jamdxcq wrote

Ah. I haven’t rode the Wiss in a couple years now. If I remember correctly the trail after this pass and concrete tube it splits to a no bike trail. It’s been a minute though.

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shnoogle111 OP t1_jamd91h wrote

Yup! Right behind where the pic was taken is that tube.

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Beer_Is_So_Awesome t1_jamk6ak wrote

Hah! I thought it was that spot.

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shnoogle111 OP t1_jamkkyi wrote

Oh yeah. During COVID shutdowns, like many of us, the Wissahickon became a refuge, a place of peace and normalcy. Knowing the trails like the creases on our palms.

Agreed. Beer is awesome.

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