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26 minutes ago, Intotrials said:

... plus posting on local media that there was an illegal MX event happening in the area.

😕  One of my neighbours recently put a message to the village resident's group online asking if there was any way to stop the motocross bikes racing up the mountain, who were always trying to run over his dogs ... I'm one of several residents who ride the trails here regularly, and we all have dogs too, so it was easy to calm him down and point out that his imagination was running away with him, but this is exactly the sort of thing that kills other people's enjoyment of the countryside.

Off topic I know, it's just something that bugs me.

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On 9/24/2021 at 12:52 PM, turbofurball said:

😕  One of my neighbours recently put a message to the village resident's group online asking if there was any way to stop the motocross bikes racing up the mountain, who were always trying to run over his dogs ... I'm one of several residents who ride the trails here regularly, and we all have dogs too, so it was easy to calm him down and point out that his imagination was running away with him, but this is exactly the sort of thing that kills other people's enjoyment of the countryside.

Off topic I know, it's just something that bugs me.

Yeah, I get annoyed when people act this way. In general trials is a very safe and considerate off road sport that has little to no effect on the environment or the general public in the area. Unfortunately it gets stigmatised along with MX as being noisy and damaging. Don't get me wrong I'm a big fan of MX and ride one myself but trials is totally different and the impact much less yet it shares the same disregard from the folk who simply just don't like motor bikes especially off road ones.

Interestingly there is a woodland local to me that is popular with walkers and mountain bikers. On the odd occasion I've been on my petrol trials bike I have experienced abuse from many folk walking there even though I kept off the paths and trails and stuck to the more overgrown areas. I recently test rode an EM trials bike at the same venue and most walkers didn't even bat an eyelid.      

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3 hours ago, Intotrials said:

Interestingly there is a woodland local to me that is popular with walkers and mountain bikers. On the odd occasion I've been on my petrol trials bike I have experienced abuse from many folk walking there even though I kept off the paths and trails and stuck to the more overgrown areas. I recently test rode an EM trials bike at the same venue and most walkers didn't even bat an eyelid.      

I'm very glad it's not generally like that here, if you're going at a gentle pace and giving plenty of room the only people who get annoyed are usually tourists ... the people who grew up in the countryside just see it as a normal part of being here, the neighbour I wrote about above is a transplant from a city.

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