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What kind of riding do you like ?

Jersey Woods said:
Wow............. The pictures and descriptions everyone has posted really shows how much we all love this sport and how many different style of riding we have.... The places you guys all described just makes me wish I could just travel the world and ride them all... I'm gonna make a bucket list for places to ride....I could only hope I hit the lottery so I could buy a stable of bikes and ride as many as possible.... The only problem would be where to start ??
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Come on out! We've got lots of space and lots of stuff!
 
I really like the single track through the jungle jet it is sometimes hacking a trail (with a machete ) to get around an obstacle.

on shorter Sunday rides I end up quite some time in rock quarry's (bunny hoping over the rocks with your bike)
though but by doing that it really improved my balance and bike control.

i do also like the spinning out of corners and wheely stuff on tarmac it also involve balancing (no foot on the ground) for 30 seconds for a red traffic light (learned that from the rock quarry)

Riding in loos sand remind me a bit of a powder snow run on my snow board but with a small bore the loose sand is not my most favorite surface.

water crossings are OK for me jet the water crossings we face here in the wet season are accompanied with really heavy clay mud that drains your energy so quickly that i really try to avoid this stuff a planed 5 hour ride can be stopped after 2 hours, completely drained of energy just to get your bike out or helping your buddy bike out all this happens when it is 35- 45 Degrees Celsius.

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Fun stuff

Robert-Jan
 
RJ do you have a machete scabbard on your bike or how do you carry one!!? I would love to see some gopro video from the Cambodian jungle rides!
 
Here in South Australia we have lots of sand, at first when i rode sand I can remember getting off the bike because i thought the frame was broken!!
But after a bit of practice...like i said there is lots of it here, its now my favorite. I also discovered there are three sands depending on when the last rain was. Wet sand - nasty grabs the front, Slightly damp - perfect, Very dry - nasty no traction. My other favorite is a loamy track with corners not too close together so you can back brake in and blast out. Yeaha heaven.
My least favorite is rocks...that's hard on man and machine.
 
I love the woods. Swoopy singletrack through the trees with rock gardens thrown in to keep me on my toes. I tend to go exploring by myself because it seems that Indonesians only ride in groups of 50 or more. Not my cup of tea. Luckily for me there are no access issues whatsoever. Riding the rice paddy walls that are 10 inches wide with 4' drops on each side and then finding a long fast trail through the teak forests is where it's at for me.
 
MotoMarc36 said:
RJ do you have a machete scabbard on your bike or how do you carry one!!? I would love to see some gopro video from the Cambodian jungle rides!
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I don't have a go pro but a buddy of mine just trying to get one set up

when we go for a week ride we plan the rest points, but in between its a ??? how to get there and a jungle sleep is not excluded when we not make it.

we plan also that we have a support car running around that we meet on the rest (sleep) points.

it means that all the bike maintenance gear and majority of food is transported and not by the motor on the ride

so what you take on the ride in the day is the standard tool kit some emergency food (2 minute noodles) inner tubes much as possible fluids, you cable ty all kind of stuff to your bike that you think you might need (and a mashete is one of it) but also span cords, hammock and other need full things.

we had bikes completely submerged in water and limped to the next sleeping place with the engine oil bubbling and frothing out of the engine vent (luckily not my bike) but with the support car able to get the bike again in proper state that it could continue the next day.

I personally go through about 4 shirts a season as they are ripped apart by bamboo encounters (that's though stuff)

its fun but its a fair bit of planing in advance and it come s for a price but for sure worth wile.

Cambodia is one of the off road places in the world that offers this kind of experience

the Sunday rides are a bit more tame in respect to the week trips but still a blast and there are rides that takes 4 hours and there us not even 100 Km (60 miles) covered dry season and wet season is a huge difference but living in the capital it takes my only 10 minutes to get in the country side and just about half hour in communities that are still riding the ox cart

like indo rider said: Riding the rice paddy walls that are 10 inches wide with 4' drops on each side and then finding a long fast trail through the teak forests is where it's at for me.

the walls of these paddy walls here are about 8" to 14" high (nice to bump over) the teak forest is a bit gone here (logging )

just an open invitation here If you are in the neighbor hood give me a buzz and for sure i can hook you up to a serious tour through the country or parts of it

I can not make the commitment that I would able to join (matter of planning) but connections enough to set somebody up with a proper bike and guide.

Robert-Jan
 
R-J van Hulst said:
I personally go through about 4 shirts a season as they are ripped apart by bamboo encounters (that's though stuff)

Robert-Jan
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You guys must have a different bamboo than we have here because its just not an issue here when riding ... Coconuts on the trails are an issue here ...
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ray_ray said:
Coconuts on the trails are an issue here ...
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awesome issue to have. I miss the tropics.

I lived here for 8 years of my life and will never forget it. Would like to move tot he tropics again some time semi soon.

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ray_ray said:
You guys must have a different bamboo than we have here because its just not an issue here when riding ... Coconuts on the trails are an issue here ...
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We also have the bamboo that you show on the picture but there is a smaller veriatie that is more bushy and smaller (max about 3 meters high)

but like all bamboo its hard and though you can not break it its either hack it with a machete or saw it with a saw

I've seen guys getting punctured tires from this stuff (rear one)

Robert-Jan
 
R-J van Hulst said:
We also have the bamboo that you show on the picture but there is a smaller veriatie that is more bushy and smaller (max about 3 meters high)

but like all bamboo its hard and though you can not break it its either hack it with a machete or saw it with a saw

I've seen guys getting punctured tires from this stuff (rear one)

Robert-Jan
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Same type of bamboo found in Jamaica.
 
Motosportz said:
awesome issue to have. I miss the tropics.

I lived here for 8 years of my life and will never forget it. Would like to move tot he tropics again some time semi soon.

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Very cool, where is this? It does not look like a resort, more miliary outpost?
 
It rained real hard here the last few days...... I'm gonna get ready for some mud riding... I know some of the places I want to ride in will be a mess.... Not my fave type of riding but it will have to suffice.....
 
I like the kind of riding that involves motorcycles. That said, I'm not a huge fan of supercross because you can't go fast when you're in the air all the time.
 
Great thread. I started riding in Central PA, and rode a lot in the Wellsboro area while helping the Canyon Riders put on their enduros back in the late 70's early 80's. So got to ride a bunch of great mountain ST all over. Now I'm in Floriduh and it's pretty much just sand and palmettos, with a little pine forests here & there. Most people race down here just so they have somewhere to ride. Not much to ride on safely, the Nat'l Forests have some trails but too many yahoos and 2 way traffic. I envy you guys that have those unbelievably scenic areas to ride through. Keep the pics coming.
 
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