It was once Australia's "mountain bike Mecca", but riders say Mount Stromlo has slowly fallen off the radar as a world-class facility since the world's best tackled its terrain.
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Stromlo Forest Park was regarded as one of the world's premier mountain biking destinations when it hosted the sport's most prestigious event, the Union Cycliste Internationale World Mountain Bike Championships, in 2009.
Riders believe the reason it has failed to retain its status is simple: barely any new trails have been built in the past five years.
Canberra mountain biker Josh Kentwell said people had "ridden the hell out of Stromlo".
While it remained popular, experienced riders had felt for the past three or four years they had reached the limits of what they could do at Stromlo.
"As more people come into the sport, they want different trails to advance their skills," Mr Kentwell said.
"Stromlo used to be the pinnacle of mountain biking in Australia, but now it's fallen way behind."
Mr Kentwell, who has been riding at Mount Stromlo for about five years, has joined fellow Canberra riders Michael Clark and Ryan Walsch in starting a petition calling on the ACT government to help fund new, more advanced trails.
Mr Kentwell said Stromlo Forest Park and track development specialists Makin Trax had done "a terrific job" with the limited funding they had, but the facility was unable to keep pace with the standards being set elsewhere unless more money came in.
The petition, which calls for more natural and "raw" trails that present technical challenges and require little effort to build and maintain, has attracted more than 1400 signatures since it went live on August 20.
"Those sorts of trails would be for better riders, who know how to handle the trails and look after them," he said.
"It would definitely thin out the traffic [using existing trails], so there would be less need for maintenance."
An ACT government spokesperson said a number of new features and trails had been designed in consultation with users and off-road cyclists since 2010, and there were more than 40 kilometres of trails in total at Stromlo Forest Park.
The new features included Willo Link for cross country riders, skill development course the Playground, downhill racing track Up the Ante, advanced jumps trail the Vapour Trail, and the "pump track".
The spokesperson said the government consulted with riders and had contacted those behind the petition to inform them of the planning process required to develop trails.
"Venues Canberra is in the process of developing its '18-19 program for the park and will continue to engage with stakeholders as part of this process," the spokesperson said.
