TrailBot – The Trail Conditions Resource for when and where to use trails #157

2024-01-09

TrailBot – The Trail Conditions Resource for when and where to use trails #157 Topics Covered in this show: How Trail Bot came to be How Trail Conditions are Updated What is a widget – How to link conditions to various locations Reception from municipalities is for TrailBot Who makes the trail conditions updates The subjective nature of trail conditions especially how this changes from region to region or even trail to trail How and why to update when trail conditions haven’t actually changed Other uses for this app – like announcements / another point o...

TrailBot – The Trail Conditions Resource for when and where to use trails #157

Topics Covered in this show:

How Trail Bot came to be
How Trail Conditions are Updated
What is a widget – How to link conditions to various locations
Reception from municipalities is for TrailBot
Who makes the trail conditions updates
The subjective nature of trail conditions especially how this changes from region to region or even trail to trail
How and why to update when trail conditions haven’t actually changed
Other uses for this app – like announcements / another point of communication
How TrailBot is different from TrailForks
How many people can update trail conditions on TrailBot
How do trail systems get added to TrailBot
Why TrailBot is only U.S. Based – For Now…
Social Media Algorithms and how they fail trail managers for trail condition reporting
Funding TrailBot – There isn’t one by design
John starts a bike shop in 2021 and Why
- Name of the Shop: Roam Bike Shop
- And what brands it stocks
- Revel Mountain Bikes
Closing Comments and Thank You’s