Finding new terrain

[KenfromCali]

I’ve been riding the same single track for several months now. I really do enjoy the ride and am glad to have a great location that puts the time and effort into maintaining and even improving the trail…

However, I’m the adventurist type and will often seek out something different. Unfortunatly, I’ve discovered there are very limited "official" mountain biking trails in the "low country" of South Carolina.

I’ve been hunting and searching rides where I can leave from my driveway and take off for a couple hours into the woods near my home. This is becoming some what frustrating as well, as most of the property is private and it would be impracticle for me to ask every property owner along the way if I can ride on the dirt roads going throught their property. There is also many many acres of "managed forest" for harvesting lumber that I have taken rides on their roads. These are about the safest for not bumping into anyone, but these roads too, are not necessarily "open to the public"…

I’ve included a poll to see if anyone else is on the same "trail quest" as I am…

[Fitch]

Back in my impetuous youth, I would have done this far more often if I had the bike I do now, but for the most part, I stayed on marked trails. Nowadays, I’m always on real trails, unless it looks like an offshoot has been established. Even then, those are normally dead ends leading to little lakes or nice views. And the occasional cliff. Good thing I got those disc brakes! 😀

[GreenGiant]

I ride game trails for sport and anything else that might become a good riding trail. The open spaces, state forests, and open tracts of land are criss crossed with old farm cart roads and bridal paths that are fantastic for riding.

The bigger question is for those who sense of adventure is sated by these types of rides, how many rear der hangers have you broken? Before I converted to SS, I broke 3!

I love the sense of adventure and planning how and what this trail will become.

[Juan_Gear]

I ride game trails for sport and anything else that might become a good riding trail. The open spaces, state forests, and open tracts of land are criss crossed with old farm cart roads and bridal paths that are fantastic for riding.

The bigger question is for those who sense of adventure is sated by these types of rides, how many rear der hangers have you broken? Before I converted to SS, I broke 3!

I love the sense of adventure and planning how and what this trail will become.

I love getting on a (very :{ )new trail with the SS. makes me dig deeper

Significant problems you face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking you were at when you created them." Albert Einstein

[=ChrisB=]

I ride anything, and I ride it with 8 inches in the front and 6 in the rear. Game trails, fire roads, singletrack, rock quaries, around town (yeah, it SUCKS on a FR bike but its what I got)… all of it. I quite often build trails too.

[bikeamaroq]

As long as it isn’t going to get me killed or completely lost, I’ll ride it with a group. I’m a little more careful if I’m riding on my own though because I don’t want to do anything stoopid!

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