gmsdc15,
I've certainly explored the forest more this year since adding electric assist to my bike. (Most of the roads here are hilly, but then it's mountainous and to be expected.) Quite a few people ride bikes here. Some lock their bikes some don't. I'm just not trusting enough to leave mine unlocked (lived in a city all my life until I moved here).
Here are a few pictures of the forest and one of the very small town that I live near, all taken while out biking (I carry my camera with me on the bike, along with my GPS unit since it's easy to get disoriented and lost deep in the forest).
Truthfully, the forest starts looking the same after a while. The frustrating thing about climbing the hills here is that it's hard to get a good photo--the forest canopy is so thick. The forest takes up 90 percent of this county--it's 2.2 million acres.