Motorbikes on Bridleway?

[Luci07]

I don't have any answers. I don't even think keeping the paths in "good order" is the answer. "Good order" to most councils means "hard". I don't want hard tracks that are worse on unshod hoofs than tarmac. I want dirt/grass tracks that I can canter on. That's one of the reasons for going offroad.

Our bridleways do not have tarmac on them. We are on heavy clay and there is some sort of surface put down on most of local bridlepaths which mean we can still access them in the middle of winter, cantering has to be saved till the summer but thats life. Previously, despite having access to fantastic hacking, the tracks were so badly churned or run down that there was literally only 1 canter track left. The tracks had become very flinty and all the natural cover has been lost.

 

[ester]

Luci if they are surfaced for winter how do you canter in summer? Just curious!

 

[majors]

I agree with this. Around me some of the older teenagers use their bikes on the paths, they are always polite, most turn off their engines and I have never had a problem even when I was hacking with two young children. I think we have to be polite and a bit tolerant or it becomes a them and us situation.
I actually have more problems with cyclists who are not aware that coming up behind and whizzing past with no noise can be very frightening for a horse.

This, I find the motorbikes ok , but many cylclists too fast and to close and very rude