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

2024-07-11

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 tea...

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