By the way, these were not teens. All the teens I saw were riding their bikes everywhere. These were all 20-40 year olds. I believe, based on where they were, that they show up to only ride the downhill (free ride) sections. It appeared that they just did not want to put out the effort. One group of guys just got off their bikes a couple hundred yards up a maybe half mile hill. Grumpy or not, I still think a large majority of these guys, in this situation, just need to HTFU. There is nothing wrong with breathing hard and your legs burning a bit. Yes, we all have days when pushing is the choice, but after two weekends in a row of watching this I think this is the norm for this group of riders.
just a few thoughts. Clearly they can do as they choose.