Trail is in fair condition.  Some wet spots.

Looks like a tight pack. More trail is good ... but tight pack lead to cheater paths. Glad to see they are moving ahead. Looks like this will have more to offer than flat fork.

I no longer work in Zionsville... so I won't be volunteering.

Same here! Love the idea! I have thought this for a long time… I love how at Southwestway park you can switch up directions and it feels like a totally different trail.

It's very different ride when oncoming riders are constantly gumming up rides.

I vote to keep it one way.

There is a nice little beginner trail down the road at Flat Fork Park. There isn't enough room there to cram so much stuff in. It's a tragedy that there is no public access to the reservoir.  It would be a waste to put a stinko MTB trail there.

I'd expect "Readbeard the Blockader" to carry something like a battle axe or claymore.

He was armed with far more powerful weapons ... poor judgement teamed with a lack of self reflection and/or rationalization.

WillyJayBob's perspective is well written and I agree with everything except the dismounted rider. As a dismounted rider ... you get out of the way of anyone still on the bike if possible. You certainly don't turn yourself into an obstacle.

Had that been a pedestrian, I would have expected that they would act from naivete and stopped. I would not expect the dismounted rider on a full suspension bike to suddenly stop where the trail narrows.

I don't scream ... I have a policy against it. But after being landing on your head and having someone feign concern and take no responsibility ... one can no longer contain themselves.

On edit: This is not from a standpoint of privilege... but courtesy. We are out there to have a good time. I'm frequently dismounted and it would never occur to intentionally force another rider cyclist to dismount. In general almost I'd say 99% of all trail users are trying to stay out of each other's way and avoid conflict in the sense that everyone is yielding to each other.. This was an extreme exception where there was plenty of space until someone deliberately stopped at a singular point where the trail narrowed between two trees that left me with three bad choices...
1) hardship and potentially tip over ...
2) attempt to pass in a very narrow gap ...
3) slam into the individual and use them as an airbag

Of course option 3  would not occur to me when when this individual decided to blockade the trail. I was more angry for this guy sticking to "I told you there was a tree down... " rather than listening to why that was an uncool move ... the first I've ever scene it in MTBing for 20 years.

This is a general alert an warning regarding an individual riding Southwestway. On 5/28 a squat individual with a red beard and a full suspension bike blocked an area and formed a blockade. I tried too get around this individual.  As opposed to continuing past the two trees and making way, he stayed put and I believe grabbed my bar end causing me to endo and crash hard.

I believe this individual was acting out of some sort of altruism albeit stupid and reckless as there was a tree down further down the trail. This is what he said to me when I caught up to him. He feigned concern for my well being but road off back to the parking lot following his polite riding partners.

At the parking lot I did scream at this individual. But he kept talking nonsense and pretending as if he had just saved me from a great wreck I would have had. It isn't his place, and when he blockaded the trail he took responsibility from the results. If you are reading sir, the tree was no threat to me ... You were. I had a right to be angry. I apologize to anyone else there I alarmed.

Beware of this individual. And if you ard reading sir, should I encounter you again I will assume you will do me harm through stupidity and act to defend myself accordingly in my half of the trail. Please don't ever try to stop another rider again. It is not your place and you have no right.

Looks awesome.