Jef O'blique Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Hi Hubbers! I live in the Overberg and often drive past farms with some real gnarly terrain. I enjoy riding trails for sure, but my true stoke comes from what I guess could be loosely termed as “free” riding. I’m not a Rampage type guy, I just like chucking down untouched stuff and seeing what I can jump off of. I’m not prepared to just walk or ride into a farm and start riding - I want to be respectful of the landowners and ask permission first. The trouble is, farmers seem rather uncontactable. Possibly by choice. Does anyone have tips on how to find contacts for farms? I’m sure there are Agricultural sales people knocking about on here who may have an idea. Thanks! ????
EmptyB Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Just go visit the farmer and ask him/her....
SuperDooperSnooper Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Hi Hubbers! I live in the Overberg and often drive past farms with some real gnarly terrain. I enjoy riding trails for sure, but my true stoke comes from what I guess could be loosely termed as “free” riding. I’m not a Rampage type guy, I just like chucking down untouched stuff and seeing what I can jump off of. I’m not prepared to just walk or ride into a farm and start riding - I want to be respectful of the landowners and ask permission first. The trouble is, farmers seem rather uncontactable. Possibly by choice. Does anyone have tips on how to find contacts for farms? I’m sure there are Agricultural sales people knocking about on here who may have an idea. Thanks! In most cases I think it is due to this...
bikebloke Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 along karwyderkraal there are very strict signs showing the farmers attitude to MTBS which is politely put " go away or else" i think its the attitude of most farmers out here ,they have either been spoilt or have heard of spoilers and therefore dont want any cyclists on thier land its sad but you cant blame them
Shebeen Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Hi Hubbers! I live in the Overberg and often drive past farms with some real gnarly terrain. I enjoy riding trails for sure, but my true stoke comes from what I guess could be loosely termed as “free” riding. I’m not a Rampage type guy, I just like chucking down untouched stuff and seeing what I can jump off of. I’m not prepared to just walk or ride into a farm and start riding - I want to be respectful of the landowners and ask permission first. The trouble is, farmers seem rather uncontactable. Possibly by choice. Does anyone have tips on how to find contacts for farms? I’m sure there are Agricultural sales people knocking about on here who may have an idea. Thanks! ????I used to organise adventure races, and the hardest, yet most rewarding, part was arranging access for a race. I would be knocking on doors during weekends, with my best suiwertaal trying to explain the concept, showing 1:50 000 maps of his property to the farmer that he'd never really looked at. It's hit and miss, because at the end of the day you're only creating a potential hassle for the land owner. It only takes one **** to mess up the vibe for the other 99 good guys. Don't be that ****. What you need to find is the farmer who is active/interested and thinks it's a good idea. He will have a local farming Directory phone book, and you can drop his name in talking to others. You will course find some salt of the earth legends along the way. And some horror shows. I once met a farmer who used to be a robben island warden. He was still very bleak that they released that blerrie terrorist Mandela. Sometimes it's best to keep your relatively liberal views to yourself! Good luck, and if I start organising traces again I'll give you a call!
Mojoman Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 I used the local fire protection association to get contact details my side of the world as well asking a couple of contacts at the local co-op. I also used to ride with a printed card with my details on it so if I wanted to make contact and there was no-one home I could just leave a card and ask them to call me...
Patensie Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 It's hit and miss, because at the end of the day you're only creating a potential hassle for the land owner. It only takes one **** to mess up the vibe for the other 99 good guys. Don't be that ****. so true. Had to help my boet get his ngunis from the neighbour's young citrus trees at 11pm cause an idiot didn't close a gate.
Patchelicious Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Leave them a message saying you are from the EFF and want to negotiate....
Fox3 Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Leave them a message saying you are from the EFF and want to negotiate....What a laugh...thanks
Fox3 Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Personally at the rate the farmers are getting taken out I don't blame them for keeping their land private. Most of them are nice people who will prbably be open to talking about riding
popcorn_skollie Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 Just go visit the farmer and ask him/her.... I live on a small holding surrounded by farms. That's all it takes. But they are my neighbors. And not everyone is the same. One farmer said to me as long as it was just myself and/or my dad he was cool with it. Not the most pleasant ride at times though. Nothing beats the smell of dung in the morning.
EmptyB Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 I live on a small holding surrounded by farms. That's all it takes. But they are my neighbors. And not everyone is the same. One farmer said to me as long as it was just myself and/or my dad he was cool with it. Not the most pleasant ride at times though. Nothing beats the smell of dung in the morning.Yup, I've had similar experiences by just asking. Some were totally cool and just said don't litter or damage fences and you're welcome. One farmer told a girl we were riding with to eff off and MTB's are a bunch of pricks. We weren't even on his land yet (thank God), just went to ask his permission. Guess he's had a bad experience or two....
eddy Posted December 31, 2017 Posted December 31, 2017 The original 18th century Cape Town - Grahamstown waggon route runs through the mountains on my farm in the Klein Karoo. Challenging on a horse and great fun on a MTB. A few years ago a well known race organiser asked and got my permission to run an event through it. When next I spoke to him about it he told me that the route was not going to happen as a landowner at the far side of the road had refused due to his earlier experiences with cyclists. I know the owner to be a generous and fair person but if a trespasser told my wife to f@ck off on my own property, I too would be disinclined to let his kind back. So a small group of entitled thugs have prevented a large number from riding 30km of challenging, beautiful, historic but virgin and very special trial. C'est la vie
dev null Posted December 31, 2017 Posted December 31, 2017 Yup, I've had similar experiences by just asking. Some were totally cool and just said don't litter or damage fences and you're welcome. One farmer told a girl we were riding with to eff off and MTB's are a bunch of pricks. We weren't even on his land yet (thank God), just went to ask his permission. Guess he's had a bad experience or two.... I have met my fair share of farmers, and some of them can be real nasty. Here and there you will find real good people. Get to know someone in the community. On the platteland everybody knows everybody, sometimes in the finest detail. They will be able to tell you who is approachable, and who not.
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