Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
Note that the better the rider you are, the poorer the judge of trail difficulty you become.
i totally disagree!
the better rider you are, the higher your personal "level" of what defines "unrideable" or "really difficult" becomes... or better put:
the better rider you are, the more your perspective differs from that of the "average" rider
--> exactly why a techincal rating is useful as words like "really hard" or "unrideable" or "very steep" are totally subjective!
just watch a trials event and a downhill event and then re-think the use of "unrideable"! ... riding over a car or down a "cliff"...