presumably they are timber cultivation forests, those trees have very shallow roots and can be knocked over easily.
a few men and a rope can pull one down.
Our pine forest was planted mainly by the victorians to protect the coast.
A lot of it is 200 years old and in my memory of 50 years this is...
i also snapped a frame in half, ripped the derallieur off and folded over the freewheel largest cog.
Ive seen just as many failures from my friends mainstream ebikes.
we ride a bit hard
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Cheers, nice trails...always thinking about doing that coast.
If youre ever near the NW you can have a scream on englands longest sand dune beach and guaranteed 40mph on your windsurfer for 20 miles :)
Well I grew up in Salcombe and cycled a lot of that 40 years ago on a bmx with my cousin!
There were quite a few people on gravel bikes the last time I walked it and you can see bike tracks on a few of the shots.
In fact last year people were riding mid day, which is pretty stupid to say the...
Well its seen as a footpath, but the coastal path is a grey area, you do see no cycling signs in some places, but they are usually put up by locals.
I did the best thing..rode at 8am before the tourists got out of bed