On Jul 13, 12:50Â*am, Chalo wrote:
Mike Vandeman wrote:

Tà¸*m Shermลn wrote

Steven M. Scharf wrote:

It goes beyond that as well. Every single study on impact to trails has
shown that hikers and mountain bikers have similar levels of impact--the
impacts are slightly different, but similar level. Hikers have a much
greater impact on wildlife because they move through an area more slowly
and hence are there for a much longer time. Both hikers and cyclists
cause trail erosion and damage in different ways. Horses of course have
been shown to do much greater damage to trails than any other user,
besides having the most impact on wildlife.[...]

Like a stopped analog clock, every once in a while, Scharf is correct..

No, he isn't. Not even close. He obviously hasn't actually READ the
research.

Mr Vandeman,

You have demonstrated yourself to the point of absurdity to be an
unreliable and uncorrectable "expert" on this topic.

BS. I am the world expert on the harm that mountain biking does.
Witness scientific papers presented at more than a dozen scientific
conferences. I didn't see YOU on the agenda. ONE mountain biker tried
to present a paper after me, but after I shot holes in his paper
before he gave it, he was left with nothing to say! Mountain bikers
are all FRAUDS.

Â*I suggest you
retire from the discussion both here and elsewhere, for your own
benefit. Â*Cooler heads than yours will carry on from here.

You have said exactly NOTHING on the topic. Mountain bikers can only
BLUFF, as you did.