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<blockquote data-quote="Buckrun" data-source="post: 36394" data-attributes="member: 51"><p><img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /> Socal and Cali in general is just the polar opposite from us mid-westerners! It's hard for "us" to wrap our heads around what is California riding! I've ridden Socal, (most of the big venues) and the pressure on the areas that are good can be high at times, and the possibility of something bad happening can be high! (i.e., Glamis, OW at spots) It flips me out that CA continues to close down good riding areas! You have so much land that nobody lives on or uses, but you can't ride it. I remember riding Hesperia, many moons ago, which was cool, but no more! What are they doing with that land now? That's crazy!</p><p></p><p>The polar opposite: At least where I am at in Ohio, trails disappear because nobody rides them! I spend entire weekends clearing overgrown brush and deadfalls just to keep lanes open on my own property! You get onto the trails off property, and there is enough ATV traffic to at least barely make out the trails. The thing that ticks me off is that all of my friends have some grey whiskers sneaking in on their prison beards, and they want nothing more to do with 2 wheels! They want SxS's and ATV's! You know as well as I that a bike can't ride with these things unless the bike rider is heavily sedated! If I ride by myself, which is 98% of the time, you have to be cool, because if you have a bad spill, you can be there for days or weeks until someone finds you! The trails are good! The terrain is awesome and challenging every foot you go, and it is fun as hell! </p><p></p><p>I guess I have to leave the old folks at the cabin and find some new 2 wheel partners to ride with! It's crazy good, because I ride all day without seeing another person, without hitting the same trail twice, but have to turn around, even when I see some awesome new trails, because a slip up that far away from camp could be, well, fatal! The county my cabin is in is one of the LEAST populous counties in the state, which is what I want! Just need to find someone of a like mind on 2 wheels that can ride open woods, trails, and negotiate some big hills and obstacles with some skill!</p><p></p><p>I think I just ranted! And/or hi-jacked. Sorry! Nice ride report....I'll excuse myself now....<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/redface.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":redface:" title="Redface :redface:" data-shortname=":redface:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckrun, post: 36394, member: 51"] :thumb: Socal and Cali in general is just the polar opposite from us mid-westerners! It's hard for "us" to wrap our heads around what is California riding! I've ridden Socal, (most of the big venues) and the pressure on the areas that are good can be high at times, and the possibility of something bad happening can be high! (i.e., Glamis, OW at spots) It flips me out that CA continues to close down good riding areas! You have so much land that nobody lives on or uses, but you can't ride it. I remember riding Hesperia, many moons ago, which was cool, but no more! What are they doing with that land now? That's crazy! The polar opposite: At least where I am at in Ohio, trails disappear because nobody rides them! I spend entire weekends clearing overgrown brush and deadfalls just to keep lanes open on my own property! You get onto the trails off property, and there is enough ATV traffic to at least barely make out the trails. The thing that ticks me off is that all of my friends have some grey whiskers sneaking in on their prison beards, and they want nothing more to do with 2 wheels! They want SxS's and ATV's! You know as well as I that a bike can't ride with these things unless the bike rider is heavily sedated! If I ride by myself, which is 98% of the time, you have to be cool, because if you have a bad spill, you can be there for days or weeks until someone finds you! The trails are good! The terrain is awesome and challenging every foot you go, and it is fun as hell! I guess I have to leave the old folks at the cabin and find some new 2 wheel partners to ride with! It's crazy good, because I ride all day without seeing another person, without hitting the same trail twice, but have to turn around, even when I see some awesome new trails, because a slip up that far away from camp could be, well, fatal! The county my cabin is in is one of the LEAST populous counties in the state, which is what I want! Just need to find someone of a like mind on 2 wheels that can ride open woods, trails, and negotiate some big hills and obstacles with some skill! I think I just ranted! And/or hi-jacked. Sorry! Nice ride report....I'll excuse myself now....:redface: [/QUOTE]
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