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Thats unusual for the FOD these days.That must be someone very local to know where Murdocks is.There was those man traps made years ago when that odd group tryed to stir up the locals by trying to ban everything in the Forest including sheep.They were a strange group to say the least.
I have a suspicion (as yet unproven) that someone in a position of authority is doing this on some off-piste stuff in Macc Forest.....
OK, we shouldn't be there but, as above, what's worse legally? Trespass or placing an obstruction that could do harm?
Morally or legally?
That's the thing, a lot of the time the law is an ass. Common sense ought to prevail, but remember, you are dealing with tossers here.
We have that crap happen here locally as well(New Mexico/USA), including wires strung across trails, trenches dug across trails and boards with nails buried in sandy spots. Locally, it has dropped off after a couple of guys were caught after doing it on Federal land and prosecuted. One got a 90 days in the slammer and a $2K fine (biker was injured pretty badly) and the other a $3K fine.
In both instances, they just didn't like MTB's sharing "their" trails.
At my local woods yesterday I noticed quite a few tree limbs strewn across the trails.
Nothing secretive, just bloody great bits of tree across the ground.
I don't see this as an attempt to injure me, more of an annoyance there to slow me down.
For it to injure me I would have to be traveling faster than i should be to be able to stop within the distance I can see.
Which on public land used by people to walk with their children or dogs or both is reckless and dangerous and would make you deserving of a log based OTB.
My bunny hopping skills are lacking so try to ride over slowly lifting one wheel at a time which has bent a few chainring teeth when I ran a triple, if too tall get off and lift over.
including wires strung across trails
Occassionally if I'm the first (really early) to go down a trail I have a 'fear' that I may come across one of these.
Never experienced this in West Yorkshire. I was abducted by aliens once on a trail though.
this should sort it 🙂
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2 wheel drive bike 🙂
That'd be ideal for ploughing through an infestation of dwarf zombies whiter 😀