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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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Posted: 20:36 - 01 Nov 2015 Post subject: Your views on the TRF |
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I'll be interested to read any dealings BCF off-road riders have had with the TRF. How many are members, or have been in the past - and do you think it was useful? If so why and how? Do you think you get - or got - your money's worth (what is it - 40 odd quid per year, then £15 local annual fees on top?)?
It sometimes seems like the TRF are the best way to find out about local "BOATs" and legal green lane routes - Ordnance Survey maps (whether of the 1:25k Explorer series or the 1:50k Landranger) can be somewhat shite at marking open, legal and used routes. I would guesstimate that only about 5% of the lanes that I ride are properly marked on the relevant OS maps. It may be argued that this is because the lanes I ride are somehow not quite legal, or fall in some grey area, or are perhaps contested in some way or other.
This however is not the case. My branch of the TRF knows fine well what can and can't be ridden - local farmers and property owners know too. The latter may not always be particularly pleased with the situation - however the fact remains that awareness is high, and legal routes are relatively well-known. Quite why they are not marked on the OS maps is therefore a bit of a mystery.
Arguably the most foolproof way to identify and locate routes is to contact the council. Appointments can be made to consult maps and clarify rights of way and access. In my more jaded moments I might even recommend this course of action over joining your local TRF. Although of course, at the local level, some branches will be more active, more supportive and informative than others. Problem is you mightn't be able to suss this out until you've stumped up 50 quid or more. Perhaps, then, the point is this: if your rural areas consist of a number of routes and lanes that are hotly contested it may well be useful to have the backing of an established organisation like the TRF to back you up.
However, if - like my area seems to be (and has been for quite a while afaict) - there is little in the way of disputation over BOATs and so forth, and relations appear relatively amicable, it becomes a little more difficult to grasp why anyone would join the TRF. Unless of course they're a sociable lot and quite active.
One final observation I'll make is that it's not always immediately apparent where or how your TRF membership fees are being spent. How much of a "fighting fund" is there? What percentage of it is used each year, and on what? Etc. etc. I may be wrong here, but levels of transparency don't appear markedly high. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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Fladdem World Chat Champion
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Posted: 21:42 - 01 Nov 2015 Post subject: |
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I don't have much to do with the local TRF, it seems like a bit of a secret handshake club to me. Every time I try to interact, they don't want to know and won't tell me any details, I've given up now.
It seems like it could be a good idea but it's just not my cup of tea really. ____________________ Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
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Posted: 00:20 - 05 Nov 2015 Post subject: |
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I was going to post a topic almost exactly the same as this. I cannot decide if it's worth the £50 to join for there to be no active members or for them to all be whinging old men that would rather a moan than a ride. I probably also wouldn't pay it if it's going into mr TRF's back pocket but would be more inclined if it was to help sustain the byways.
I've realised I need to find people to ride with after last weekend antics of getting stuck in a ditch for half an hour. Anyone in East Midlands fancy it?
I'll have a look to see if East Midlands TRF do a similar thing, thanks ____________________ DRZ400-SM
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 8 years, 165 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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