Unofficial Trail Authority · TS-Q2 · Revised 7 November 2026 · https://trailauthority.org/standards/quiet/ · Uncontrolled copy when printed. The Unofficial Trail Authority is an independent fictional organization. It is not a government agency or land-management authority.
TS-Q2 · In force
The feed and the quiet corridor
Some corridors are ridden by agreement among the people who already know them. Their continued fun depends on that agreement staying small. The standard is simple, and it is the whole of the underground etiquette this office is willing to print.
Do not post an unsanctioned trail. Do not pin it. Do not name the junction, the lot, the gate, or the sequence of turns. Do not answer a stranger's question in a comment with the missing detail. A story about how good it was is compatible with this standard only if a person who was not there still cannot arrive.
The cuff reads: picture yes, place no. A friend in the photograph is the point of the photograph. The map is not.
This standard does not tell anyone to build, to hide work from the people whose land it is, or to treat secrecy as permission. It tells riders who share a quiet line not to spend it for a reaction on a feed. If the post has already gone out, Form 12 is the office's overly complete way to notice the fact. Taking the post down is the part that matters. Notice QD-08 is the same rule with a document number.