Glen Jacobs of WorldTrail – Quark Knuckles | Trail Design | Knowledge Sharing | Trail Building Innovation from Around the World | Mountain Biking is just beginning – 175

For Episode 175 we have Glen Jacobs back for Round 2 on Trail EAffect. Glen first appeared on episode 125, if you haven’t listened to the first conversation with Glen, I highly recommend it as, episode 125 will provide some context for this conversation.

Glen is easily one of the most prolific visionaries in Trail Building. Glen Co-founded WorldTrail with Dylan Jeffries 20 years ago. They have since gone on to plan, design and build some of best mountain bike destinations on the Planet.

The overarching theme to this conversation is Glen’s desire to share the knowledge that he, and his team have learned over many years.

This conversation goes quite a bit longer than normal and I need to point out that mid conversation Glen lost power at his place so he pivoted from his computer to his phone to continue the conversation, then back to his computer once the power was restored. Glen is truly a world class human, and we are all very fortunate to have Glen as a professional in our trail community!

Topics Include:

• 2024 PTBA Conference
  • Key Note Speaker and Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
• 2023 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
  • Shaun Palmer and Rob Warner
• Specialized Soil Searching
  • The progression of Mountain Bikes
• The Quark Knuckle
  • How Many Quark Knuckles have been put on one trail?
  • Many Shapes and Sizes of the Quark Knuckle
• Blue Derby Tasmania and why it’s so popular and successful
• Mountain Biking is just beginning
• Listener Question from Mike Gehard – President of SORBA Chattanooga – When Creating Trail Communities, the Top 3 Things for including everybody into Trails
• More Quark Knuckle Talk
• The need to verbalize and share knowledge
• Losing Power mid conversation…
• From the 90’s (Mountain Biking)
• Validating Trail Builders / Standards for Building and Trails
• The importance of Trail Design and the details that WorldTrail Employs during Trail Design
• The ARM – Adjustable Rock Matting
• WorldTrail Tools
• The size of WorldTrail
• Sharing Knowledge and Training Staff within WorldTrail
• Building World Class Trail Destinations
• Future Trail Conferences
• Closing Comments

Trail EAffect Show Links:

WorldTrail: https://world-trail.com/

Specialized Soil Searching with Glen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juxlm5dorLU

Blue Derby: https://ridebluederby.com.au/

Glen Jacobs – The Elder Statesman of Trails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF9-vwN3sPQ

Episode Sponsor - Coulee Creative: www.dudejustsendit.com https://www.couleecreative.com/

Loam Pass Affiliate Link: https://www.loampass.com?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=track&utm_campaign=traileaffect

Loam Pass – Free Pass Protection Code: TAPOD

Trail One Components 20% off Coupon Code: trailpod

Trail EAffect Podcast Website: www.traileaffectpodcast.com

KETL Mtn Apparel Affiliate Link: https://ketlmtn.com/josh

Trail One Components: https://trailone.bike/?ref=XavfBrRJfk4VOh

Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services