"Blackblade" wrote in message ...
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Edward Dolan wrote:

You don't have to know any physics, statistics or logic to
know what is what. You are the proof of that!

Actually, yes, you do ... or you just make yourself look foolish if you then try and argue with someone who does.

What you think you know argues strongly for it being a waste of time since you are unable to think clearly about the simplest things.
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No, Ed, you know very little because you are completely closed to
any external input, erroneously believing that what you think is somehow,
axiomatically, true.

Nope, I once thought biking on trails was a good idea - until
I learned otherwise.

You didn't learn anything Ed, you just decided you didn't like it. That's a completely different matter.

Nope, I tried it once, didn’t like it and decided it was stupid. I then stumbled upon Mr. Vandeman’s posts on Usenet many decades later and was confirmed in my thinking. You on the other hand have a stupidity that is unconquerable.
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There is nothing to be said for what you
advocate since the world is full of zillions of miles of roads of all
descriptions which are ideal for cycling.

There is plenty to be said for allowing people to choose ... I would far rather ride a trail than a road. It's safer, the scenery is better, the air is cleaner and I am out enjoying nature.

The above statement is proof positive that you are steeped in idiocy. It is more dangerous, there is plenty of scenery available on roads, the air is the same everywhere and you are NOT enjoying nature ... you are desecrating nature. Find another arena for your sport of mountain biking.
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Christ! When are you going to learn how to edit a post?

Road cycling is indeed not entirely safe due to motorists. It
is why I never like to see kids riding their bikes on highways. But at least
road cycling is not interfering with what anyone else is doing, except maybe
motorists - but who gives a damn about them! In any event, road cyclists are not
being seriously injured and dying from hitting hazards in the roadway, unlike
cyclists who ride trails.

Ah, so now I can relax ... I might get hit by a car ... but at least I won't hit a hazard in the roadway ! Overall, of course, I'm far more likely to get injured or killed but at least not from hitting a hazard in the roadway. That comment really reached an apogee of inanity. Do you actually bother to read what you write before you post it ??

You are absolutely the greatest idiot it has ever been my displeasure to encounter on Usenet. Here it is again, you dumb jackass:

“In any event, road cyclists are not being seriously injured and dying from hitting hazards in the roadway, unlike
cyclists who ride trails.” - Ed Dolan

Mountain bikers are barbarians and have no right to be on any trail used by hikers – unless they want to get off their god damn ****ing bikes and walk like everyone else. When they crash and injure themselves, I rejoice! If and when they manage to kill themselves, I say good riddance to bad rubbish! Death to mountain biking!

“Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.”
~ Christina Rossetti (Psalm 24),
from "A Later Life: A Double Sonnet of Sonnets"

Mountain bikes have wheels. Wheels are for roads.

Trails are for walking. What’s the matter? Can’t walk?

Ed Dolan the Great
aka
Saint Edward the Great