highways act places no obligation on the council to maintain bridleways to be suitable for cycling and so unless the failing is likely to be a danger to walkers or horse riders we have no obligation.

I hear this quite a lot, and have no reason to beleive it is not true, but I wonder if anyone can direct me to the actual source of this statement? I could find it eventually but I’m sure someon will have access to tit faster than I could find it

thanks

Oh the irony

That means kinda like iron, huh?

WhI had panniers, I always used the drivetrain side to give me more bulk and reflective stuff for the idiots in cars. HOwever it can cause a bit of imbalance, more noticeable when wheeling the bike around, I’ve no got a rack bag as I only need to carry sarnies, and a couple of tools really.

5’9″, 30″ waist for the first time since I was 19, weight fluctuates between 10.5 stone and 11 stone. Was 11.5 stone and 32″ waist till I started commuting by bike.

I have exactly the same list as IHN

welcome to the three letter club, Si :)

Like Crazy-legs as I’m just down the valley, the terrain round here was frozen rock solid and it was great. I was hoping it would be an inversion and we’d top out, as I’d seen some sunshine earlier but no such luck. It’s not breached zero celsius all day

both would be good.

and can we have a quick way of switching bike / OT / CLassfieds please?

It’s Chesil beach, from the Railway Walks series

Do you have company cars? It’s excatly the same as their liability for that, i.e. none. The employee who leases the bike is responsible for ensuring it is in fit condition etc etc

Ta Dave. will download and watch that tomorrow

urely the Park should actually looking at ways to prevent 4×4 use

and more than it actually being a Byway, people won’t stop using 4*4s just ’cause they’re banned – they’ll just move elsewhere

maybe areas or bridleways could be updated with a condition report that could be accessed from the Peak Park website (A la 7stanes)

The project is underway, were looking for funding to get things going as these things aren’t cheap to do. http://ridethepeak.com/ will eventually be a portal to help with suggested routes, places to stay / eat, report on trail conditions etc etc. If you can help with money to pay for it, get in touch…

Incidentally, what’s causing the deterioration of the paths apart from the weather?

It’s a combination of weather and traffic, that’s it. When the ground is wet, it’s more susceptible to damage from boots and tyres. In dry conditions there’s little difference between bikes and walkers, but in wet conditions the type of damage caused varies – walkers cause small pocks which fill with water, bikes leaves channels down which water flows. It’s the flowing water that causes the damage, as it gains speed it takes more and more of the surface material away. As this happens it cuases more speed in turn so the damage increases at a faster and fatser rate.

Then you have the scenario where the damage is not on a hill, in this case what normally happens is that the tyre sized puddle spreads to become 20 feet wide as people ride round the outside in case they get wet or something…