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The UK has an overwhelming population density compared to Finland (279 people per square kilometer vs 18!) so a huge number of people living in the UK will find it quite hard to access "nice forest and rocks". It can definitely be done, and there are some great spots available, but you must have your own transport and time to get there. In some places I've lived, the nearest natural spot with enough to be a good ride was over an hour away in the car. I think a lot of it is cultural, too. Likely in part because of the population thing, a lot of people here don't view being away from lots of people as a good thing. I've known some riders who are more scared to try something out in the woods because if they get hurt in town it's very easy to get help. Riding also has a social dimension for a lot of people who didn't grow up riding alone, too. I think it feels very similar to if you went on a ride and forgot your helmet. If you forgot your helmet, you can still ride and have fun, but it doesn't feel right to try difficult things in case it goes wrong. For some, there's a sense of security and even "rightness" to riding with other people versus riding alone, if you didn't grow up riding alone. I've always found riding with a couple of other people will make me willing to try things I wouldn't try if riding alone. We were also fortunate enough to have a ridiculously rich riding scene in the 2000s, but a lot of the riders were quite young (so can't drive) so they rode whatever they could near home. When they made videos of it, other people wanted to do it so would CHOOSE to ride in towns because they had this or that landmark they wanted to visit. And then when you've grown up on it, it's just what you're used to. I personally enjoyed both, but I usually had more fun on street just because of the style of riding I grew in to. Street and rocks are very different, so it's not surprising you find it scary if you never do it. It's a lot like anything else - if it's scary to do something, do it 100 times and then you'll usually be much less scared of it. That isn't always the case, but very often it is.   Edit: Here's a thing that might be a shock for your perspective. A large number of the people that ride here NEVER ride alone. It can get to a weekend and they want to ride, but if none of their friends are available to ride with, they just don't. Not everyone is like that, of course, but quite a lot are.

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I think the majority of it is down to location. Good natural riding spots are fairly few and far between on this small island. Down here in the Southwest there are quite a few and you'll find that the local riders quite enjoy riding the variety of coastal, Dartmoor and Cornish natural spots. The same can be said for the other end of the country in Yorkshire/Derbyshire etc. There is also quite a lot in Wales. But a lot of these locations are reasonably far from the larger cities and concentrations of riders, where street riding dominates. 

i came from shigura (deore levers + old MT4 calipers) things that I did not like: 1. short lever blade 2. lever return is slow Then revived my old MT4 levers, felt so much better due to more leverage.  Then few months later, modern MT2 master cylinder with MT7 lever blades..... Felt happier than ever. I was also thinking about some of the Chinese/Taiwan made brakes like Lewis, iiiPRO, Tanke, ZTTO and so on..... few had already tested and have positive results too.

Had Trickstuff power pads (the orange backing) in my Formula brakes and found them really good. Put the same sort of pads on the MT5 lately and yes, even still not bedded in those are really powerful right out of the box. Can't recommend enough. Feels quite similar to Jitsie pads if I remember right. About the Formula Cura discussed earlier.. Another one for warranty and I've been waiting it for like 4 months now. Small leak in the master cylinder, would have been easy and cheap to fix myself but I don't bother really.. Trying Hope next time if I ever switch from Magura to something else. Stay away from Formula, had only problems with those especially in cold weather.