Originally Posted by
Amani576
Sorry about my first response, it was slightly in jest, but what you describe is an awful lot like cyclocross. Probably a lot like what it was like in those days.
-Gene-
Don't apologize, I was going to suggest cyclocross too. Modern CX is a lot different but sometimes people in that forum post pictures of old old CX events that sound like what the OP described.
Check out the photos
here. Lots of riding through forests, ravines, cliff faces... Today's riders would **** themselves.