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The fact is that most people don’t live within riding distance of decent trails, hence we drive to ride them.
I choose to live within riding distance of decent trails. That was my choice and I very rarely drive to ride anywhere unless it's for a week away, or at least a long weekend, or I'm going somewhere anyway and the bike comes too.
I look at it this way, if I spend an hour driving to somewhere plus an hour driving back again, that's two hours I could have spent on the bike, you know, actually riding it. That and I find driving pretty dull.
Like some other folk posting here, in the past I did huge amounts of travelling to climb and ride, I feel like I've exhausted my capacity for driving in particular.
That said, in a very un-STW way, I don't think I'm any more right than anyone else. If people want to spend lots of time driving to trails, then fair enough.
I drove 50 miles each way today and rode 15...
The things we'll do for our hobby.
If people want to spend lots of time driving to trails, then fair enough.
I don't <i>want</i> to spend lots of time driving, but to ride decent trails I have to.
Well, I look at it this way it could be worse I could be driving there to ride an electric bike 😉
Well, I look at it this way it could be worse I could be driving there to not ride an electric bike
Fixed that for you.
15 miles to Innerleithen
Genuine question and not a dig; does that 15 mins include getting the bike in/out or on/off the car and getting changed out of muddy kit?
One of my main reasons for buying a Skoda Yeti was the ease of loading/unloading bikes. 5 min max to load and strap down mine and the kids without the need to remove the back wheel of mine. The rear seats can also be removed completely for more room.