On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 05:08 -0700, Ray Shine wrote: > Jim -- "Fire Roads" are just really the same as farm roads but are > often very steep, hilly, rolly and unmarked. Out here in the west, > fire roads are cut as just that, fire breaks and for deep access for > crews and equipment. They are almost always cut by the forest > service. The other type of road are the lumber roads, usually cut by > companies logging a certain section of forest land. Most fire roads > are more dirt than gravel, but most are steep, with lots of blind > turns, washouts, etc. I have ridden the farm roads of the mid-west > and the southwest. Those are definitely flatter, straighter, with more > gravel and washboard than Cal's true fire roads. Enjoy the ride. > You'll do well.
Here in Northern Virginia we have gravel roads. I get the impression "fire roads" are closer to what we would call "jeep tracks" or "double track" than actual roads. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
