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Mountain biking in Skopje is getting dangerous — what should we do?
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Mountain biking in Skopje is getting dangerous — what should we do?

Reddit r/MTB·u/AltruisticTrifle3790·about 1 month ago
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Mountain biking in Skopje is getting dangerous — what should we do? I want to talk about something that’s really important to me and probably a lot of others here. I ride mountain bikes in Skopje, and while we’re lucky to have a gondola and a great mountain, we don’t actually have proper, designated MTB trails. Because of that, everyone shares the same paths — bikers, hikers, runners, kids, families… basically everything mixed together. And honestly, it’s becoming a problem. There have been accidents. Some serious, some minor, and a lot of close calls. You’ve got riders going fast (sometimes way too fast), hikers not expecting bikes at all, and kids riding with zero awareness. It’s just a bad mix. A few weeks ago, there was a situation on the mountain where a hiker stopped a young mountain biker (a kid, maybe 16) and started yelling at him. Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pJv3y5f9ZU&t=789s You can feel the tension — and honestly, both sides are frustrated. Hikers feel unsafe.…

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