Green Lanes 3 ways to find them

[@petedawson8257]

Fully endorse the TRF, friendly bunch of guys, and lots of coms re trips and working parties. Top guys

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Peter, I couldn't agree more, thanks for dropping a comment much appreciated, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@jondavies4027]

Soon your videos are superb fairplay to you!

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Jon, thanks for your feedback, glad you think that 😎, thanks for watching, ride safe Simon B 😎

[@SlipperyJack60]

Price of a takeaway? Bloody hell! I'm coming round for dinner tonight, get ordering!

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up jack, I'm trying to work out, is £50 cheap or dear for a takeaway 🤔

[@martinknight510]

Dear unless its sushi 🤣

[@anicholls37]

Yea TRF are a great bunch doing lots of unseen hard work ,I’m just about to Renew my subscription well recommended as you say 👍

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Al, couldn't agree more , thanks for watching, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@terryforster9275]

Yet another gr8 vid, my local council website was difficult to navigate but got there in the end. Was a TRF member a few years ago, I was out on a few GL's this morning. Such fun, not as long as yours but nevertheless just as fun. Membership renewed.

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Terry, thanks for watching and dropping a comment, hope you had fun on the lanes, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@DeanWhitfield-k8w]

great videos simon , find em really interesting, and btw, looks like you can ride pretty good ! thank you for all the info /tips .

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Dean, thanks for watching, It's hard to start anything so from my experience I made the video, my riding has got better, as all I do is ride, took some falls to get where I am 😲, ride safe Simon B 😎

[@LakesMTB1964]

Hi Simon great video as per usual I use the green road map and your videos to find lanes, Your videos are also useful for seeing if they are suitable for my skill level

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Richard, thanks for watching and dropping a comment, glad to be of help, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@Bikingcritter]

Great little video, very helpful I’m on the trf :) Going join you on your adventures one day :)

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up, glad to be of help, thanks for watching and dropping a comment, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@thra5herxb12s]

I use the online os map on a site called Saturday Walkers Club. Any area I feel like visiting I just print off a page with all the byways clearly marked and double check the local councils map to double check I can still ride them. Many byways are still clearly marked and listed as BOAT's, but have been closed to all motor vehicles for many years.

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Dean, to save all that work, do number 3, join the TRF 🤔, if it works don't change it, thanks for watching and dropping a comment, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@Ronnysunshine]

Thanks for the info

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Ronnie, glad to be of help, where do you ride ?

[@mickemmett6828]

I joined the TRF to gain access to the trail map, I'm 64 and ride a GS 1200, it's quite a heavy bike and too many of the trails just aren't suitable for such a big bike with a weak kneed old fart like me on it especially after heavy rain. It would be great if the TRF could rate the trails on a difficulty and bike type suitability level, a trail you could fly down on a little Husky with 80/20 trail tyres on you may not even want to attempt on a GS with 50/50 tyres on.

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Mick, hope you are well, there's a job for you then to evaluate all the lanes and categorise them 😉😁, maybe you need to have a look at the bike you are riding, a GS off road is a bit of a lump to pick up 😲, it's capable no doubt, but it's picking the thing up, there are loads of lighter bikes you could ride and tackle most if the lanes, or take a load of mates so they can pick your GS up 😂, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@mickemmett6828]

@@SIMONB1 I love the GS as on the road it's a beast, it's just it's weight that limits it's off road use for me, in no way would I get rid of it, better for me would be to only go down relatively easy trails. The only way I would be able to tell if a trail was suitable for me or not would be whether I fell off or not 😁I'm not too keen on that, of course I could just chuck in a pension and buy a second smaller bike but then I'm faced with having to ride said smaller bike many miles on a tarmacked road to get to any decent trails🤔

[@SIMONB1]

@@mickemmett6828 you can never have too many bikes, a second bike, 6k, a 690 KTM or husky, you don't have to sell the GS, the 690 will get you there and back to the lanes no worries, do the lanes 70 kg lighter, and then ride home, then you can evaluate the lanes then ride them in the GS, I like my GS ,but sometimes it's just too fooking heavy and big, small is the way fwd 😎😉👍

[@mickemmett6828]

@@SIMONB1I've seen your garage! I need to be able to work on my bike without spending an hour moving bikes about first. I may not have enough bikes but you have way too many😁 My OCD won't allow clutter🤣

[@SIMONB1]

@mickemmett6828 I'll have you know I've sold a bike so I have more room for another, I don't spend an hour to make room, it's one bike out and I have loads of room to work on a bike 😁, and I don't have enough bikes , ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@darylp5861]

Cheers uncle Si

[@SIMONB1]

No worries, glad to be of help, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@701Adventures]

A few weeks ago now I messaged our local TRF group through their webpage saying I wanted to join the local group, initially go on one of their beginner rides to get a feel for the group/style of riding etc and so far I’ve heard diddly squat back which is disappointing. 🙁

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Steve, I'm guessing you joined the TRF before you contacted them ?, as you really have to be a member to participate, some have web site presence. Most local groups have Facebook pages and are monitored more as all members are on it, so might be worth joining Facebook 🤔, hope you get sorted, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@701Adventures]

@@SIMONB1 I knew I would have to join the TRF before I was allowed to go out with a local group but I thought in the first instance make contact with a local group, have a natter with them first, then join the TRF etc. Not being a full member prior to submitting a general enquiry through their website shouldn't negate at the very least some form of response. Not everyone is a fan of Facebook 👍

[@SIMONB1]

@@701Adventures hey up Steve, the webmaster can't be a good one 🤔, Facebook isn't all of what people have had for dinner, it can be a great place to interact with people of the same interests 😎, you should try it you may like it 😉, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@icklepob88]

TRF, one big click.

[@701Adventures]

@@icklepob88 ?? What do you mean.

[@guyonacub4335]

This is a great help Simon I just needed a leg up to get started Cup of tea and a slice of cake when we meet One question If I join the TRF in Cumbria and go off on holiday in the UK Am I allowed to ride the lanes in another area or do I need an invite Thanks again

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up, you can ride lanes anywhere in the country, you don't need permission, once in the TRF you can join another local group and ask questions about the lanes in their area, swap routes ect, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@adammaude7538]

Trial wise 2 or trf which is better ?

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Adam, if your riding bikes on the lanes then joining the TRF will be more beneficial, I believe the information given by both are the same for the lanes 😁, ride safe Simon B 😎

[@richardpeel6056]

Here in Kent we have a plague of unregistered offroad motorbikes, they are riding on A roads and through town centres. They are breaking down kissing gates, styles and fence posts in order access footpaths, bridleways and public open spaces. Local byeways tend to have aggregates or broken masonry hardening their surfaces, public footpaths don't; our public footpaths are being turned into impassable mud pits by illegal motorbikes. Walkers have to go the wrong side of trees to get past the mud pits, the motorbikes find the diversions and turn them into mud pits too, the trees then die allowing space for the quad bikes to ride on formerly narrow footpaths. Anyone photographing the illegal motorbikes is liable to be threatened or attacked. If walkers dispute the motorcyclists right of way the motorcyclists remove the footpath signs and claim it's a green lane. It's up to legal motorcyclists to stop using footpaths and bridleways and also put pressure on illegal motorcyclists to conform, after all the illegal motorcyclists are involved in the transport of drugs, motorbike theft and dumping burned out motorbikes in public open spaces.

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up Richard, happens all over the country, not good, there's no quick fix, just keep doing your legal stuff, ride safe Simon B 😎

[@richardpeel6056]

@@SIMONB1 On Bluebell Hill here in Kent police recently stopped 50 motorcyclists in a couple of hours. A few were charged with various offenses. Common Road eventually turns into a Byeway open to all traffic and then into a Bridleway, it is part of the North Downs Way long distance footpath and ancient trackway. Think of these ancient trackways like the Ho Chin Min Trail that the Americans tried to bomb during the Vietnam War, there is not a single path but a series of interconnecting paths. Bicycles carrying ammunition being pushed by peasants beat the USAF B52 bombers. There are 2 other Byways and several Public Footpaths connecting to Common Road on Bluebell Hill, the motorcyclists prefer to use the footpaths as they are not so steep. The police came out to Bluebell Hill following numerous complaints, the police will have reported to Kent County Council who have the authority to close all these byeways to motor vehicles. The bad motorcyclists riding on Public Footpaths and without number plates will drive out the good! In 43 AD the Roman Army marched along Common Road and camped overnight before battling to cross the River Medway the next day. The Ancient Britons nearly won and stopped the Roman Invasion. Is there to be a battle to stop the illegal motorbike invasion?

[@icklepob88]

The same people that won't share info on legal lanes, are the same folk that then moan about people being where they shouldn't. And when all the lanes are closed to legal use, you can either ride on our massive network of historic lanes, or you can give up your hobby. "More evidence" doesn't make a difference, they're closing them anyway. No one owns the land, it was here before us, it'll be here when we are long gone.

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up icklepob88, thanks for watching, in the meantime keep riding them lanes, ride safe, Simon B 😎

[@icklepob88]

@SIMONB1 I'll be out most weekends, and the midweek days I get of work every few weeks. I upload video, but it's mainly for my own memory, not for content or views as such. Lots I just post privately.

[@davidmatthews3093]

You can’t tell the difference between a lane and a farmer’s track without checking on a map. It’s physical appearance counts for nothing. A lot of legal lanes and byways are not metalled.

[@SIMONB1]

Hey up David, thanks for dropping a comment, I don't understand what your trying to say or is it me being thick 🤭