RESPECT THE MTB CODE;-
• Make sure that you and your riding friends adhere to IMBA’s Rules of the Trail:
1) Ride on marked trails only
2) Leave no Trace
3) Control your Bicycle
4) Yield to Others
5) Never scare Animals
6) Plan Ahead
 Cycle-Logically Speaking
Mountain bikers in South Africa have a rather interesting and sometimes
precarious relationship with the land on which they ride. Unlike surfers
who ride the ocean that belongs to everyone and the roadies who ride on
public roads and the sky divers who fly the open skies, mountain bikers
either find themselves as part time tenants, guests or trespassers of
someone else's land. Land ownership in South Africa usually means fences
and private access unlike the UK where the right of way law allows the
public to use a network of traditional routes and thoroughfares.

Luckily we seem to have more and more friendly farmers who are willing
to allow us to leave a few tyre tracks on their land. Even better are
the enterprising farmers who are prepared to lay on some specially
crafted singletrack for us to ride on. Our future to ride seems to be
linked very closely to the farming community and their willingness to
share their land with us. It is something to appreciate and to remember
that every time you are out on the dirt you are borrowing someone else's
land. Look after it and be thankful because there is lots more where
that came from.
with thanks to www.mtbonline.co.za