>>1662233I should probably explain why we even have rubble roads around our дaчa in the first place, westerners might not understand the irony.
Our дaчный кooпepaтив is located in such a way that it makes for a great shortcut for people getting into the city when there's a road jam at rush our. So after living for about a decade with cars flying through the small one way roads early in the morning the community decided to strip all asphalt from the roads, since most people have vehicles with higher clearance anyway
>>1662240I never said riding for fun shouldn't be done, but if I can easily travel ~70km in a day through parks, along light forest paths, river banks and long stretches of scenic roads, why should I instead wrestle my bike in the mud in the woods? It's like comparing touring cars and lifted hard off road trucks - one is enjoyable, the other is bdsm
