MooN Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 I decided to eschew the tarmac today and adjusted the suspension accordingly. having pretty much run out if ideas within the 10k radius I decided to ride some of the local trails, starting with the GR13 ( staying within 10 km of home) This is actually the first ever trail I rode on the transalp back in 2005 0r 2006 having been inspired by ride reports from, if I remember rightly, Grizz, Gnomad and one or two others on DSUK or maximum bikes. I picked up the GR13 at Champs sur Yonne and took a wrong turn almost immediately, but discovered the way into the village football field back tracked a couple of hundred yards and headed east along the correct trail I'm not very fit and am still learning the tiger off road, so I stopped regularly to think about what I was doing and to catch my breath, also to look at the map ( I use a paper IGN , (O.S. equivalent) for this sort of thing) and actually enjoy the "proper" navigation. as you can see, this is no technical "off road" riding a la Boboneleg or Sirfallsalot, but more or less wellmaintained, dry limestone trails through the vinyards. One of the things I love about riding these trails is that I came across no fences and no gates... at all. Looking out over the river, South East to Vincellottes and directly South through wooded sections above Irancy and back on the open trails across the plateau to drop down the other side back to the river and home. nearly 3 hours in all. Finished at the car wash to get the dust off, 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Nice one Chris......seems like we're both doing the same thing today within our perimeters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Excellent Chris. I love some of the GR routes in France although I have been shouted at a couple of times when riding them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Good stuff @MooN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 49 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Excellent Chris. I love some of the GR routes in France although I have been shouted at a couple of times when riding them. I've no idea what the rules and regs are on the GR routes Bob, probably differs fron region to region, I just give walkers a wide berth and stop for horses. problem for horses is that if I switch off, the alarm runs its auto diagnostic and emits a crescendo series of beeps... no horses today though, just a couple of walkers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 You really do live in a beautiful area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 I've ridden quite a few on them and overall no problems at all but in Brittany we did get shouted at on a few of them. I think it's the usual thing that if you're near a town/city the walkers get pissy whereas out in the country no one worries about it at all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 On 01/05/2021 at 17:33, MooN said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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