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| Name & area | Club / group / comments |
| John Knight | "I just found your web site after browsing through
the latest Mountain Biking UK magazine. It's great to know I'm not
the only one baffled by an archaic law that restricts mountain bikers
access to the countryside. I ride regularly in the New Forest and am
bemused as to why four wheel drive tracks and paths open to horse
riders continuously have signs posted banning mountain bikes. Long
live the Kinder Trespass. "Keep up the good work." |
| Neil Hyde |
"I think [the Kinder Ride is] a great idea and I fully support it.
I live in Hyde and often ride around there. I would come along and
join you but my bike was stolen a couple of weeks ago. So good luck
and I hope it gets the powers that be seeing our point of view about
bridleway access. "Good luck." |
| Sharon King | "Just a few words of support for the campaign, I hope to join you on the protest ride. My cycling mates and I have been using paths around and over Kinder scout for years and have only rarely been challenged by anyone, however we do keep to bridleways at the weekend to avoid confrontations. I think the main problem with walkers is that they don't like to see us having more fun than them." |
| Alex Fildes Bolton |
"OK, I'm up for the Kinder Scot ride to roam on the 27th April, what's next, and where do we meet?" |
| Sarah Pemberton | "Kinder Trespass... a brilliant idea." |
| Howard Peel Hull |
www.thebikezone.org.uk/thebikezone/bike1.html ('nuff said!) |
| Don Mitchell Buxton |
"A few months ago I was browsing the local studies section
in Buxton library and came across a book about the original (Kinder) trespass. I
was pleased to see that several of the photos of the trespass showed people with
BIKES on the hillside. "Kinder had clunkers 70 years ago - Marin County eat your heart out!" |
| Simon Young | "Unjust law still requires common consent to enforce. Rebel in your own way. I support you." |
| Gareth Craft Bath |
"Great website. "I would like to give my support on behalf of Bath University Mountain Bike club (approx. 60 members) www.bath.ac.uk/~su7mtb "Riding on footpaths is not asking for much is it really? "Personally I've found that the further you ride from civilisation and the worse the weather, the friendly the walkers are. In my experience REAL hill walkers are very friendly and chatty and don't question your right to be on a trail. I usually get smiles and respect for being able to ride my bike up or down such steep hills or mountains. The only time I get disapproving looks is on nice Sunny Sunday afternoons on local trails that are not far from a carpark!" |
| Ian Munro | "I just came across your site via an item on
singletrackworld.com" "Congratulations on an excellent site and cause. You're more than welcome to add our club of about 20 members to your cause." www.beyondthethreshold.co.uk (now there's a great website!) |
| Benjamin Haworth Whalley, Lancashire (hence my desire for footpath legalisation!) |
"Top, top, top, top, top, top, top, top, top website!"
(no really, that's what the man said! - Ed) "Not all rules are inherently right just because they exist. If that were the case Witch drowning would still be in practice (elsewhere apart from Rawtenstall that is). Rights of way need re-assessing with the modern MTB and MTBer in mind. We MTBers simply want access to areas and trails which are already available to other users. They are called 'footpaths' and we should be allowed on to (at least some more of) them. There is no good reason why we shouldn't be." 'Club': The All New MTB Morons www.mtbmorons.co.uk (complete with a good number of nice pics) |
| Julian Winstanley | "Like the site, keep up the good work" |
| Kevin Hodgson Sheffield |
"Just been reading your Ride To Roam website and I'm totally in
favour of everything you are doing." www.offroadadventures-online.co.uk |
| Trevor Francis Sheffield (nee Washington D.C.) (nee Sheffield!) |
Urban Extremists (messenger based mountain bike team in
Washington, D.C.) www.urbanextremist.com |
| Rob Cooper Blackburn |
"The right to roam is GOD given and should not be
controlled by anyone (unless you are destroying their livelihood). "We should be maintaining and creating more rights of way for use by everybody (red socks, Horseys and Push-Bikers) so that we can all enjoy the countryside. Here in Lancashire footpaths and bridleways are being shut all over, with expensive A?@e H!@e QCs pontificating about whether a path should be closed or not!!!" Blackburn & District MTB Club (50 Members) www.onyerbike.gbr.cc |
| Mike Sheffield |
"Keep up the good work" |
| Simon
Barnes Lancaster |
"Your site is a breath of fresh air. [...] I feel it's a
waste of time trying to be "good", because most people form their opinions about
us without any significant contact, and for the most part, only we will know if we DO
stray from the designated rights of way." Secretary, Bog Trotters MBC www.bogtrotters.org |
| Stevie G Peaks & South Pennines |
"Your concept of getting to open previously illegal routes is great news for bikers" |
| Keith
Brammah Birkenhead |
"Good effort!" www.birkenheadcycles.co.uk |
| James Kirby Kendal, Cumbria |
www.mountain-bike-cumbria.co.uk |
| Allan Boult Nelson, Lancashire |
Blazing Saddles Mountain Bike Club (Approx. 35 members) |
| Les Parry | "Good to see a site that hits the spot. Former and still occasional hill walker, with the need for speed & adrenaline rush" |
| Craig Rattigan
& Adrian Hiley Sheffield, S Yorkshire (and the rest of Taco Twins) |
Taco Twins MBC (approx. 10 members) |
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