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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
Mon, 4 Jun 2007:
http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=893&page=5: You need to slow the hell down before you pass people on the trails. Make it a point, especially if you're sneaking up behind them. Nobody likes being startled, especially if they're out for a Sunday walk in the woods. Not only that, but our bikes are basically 2-wheeled 4x4 trucks. The tires kick up a lot of dust and it sucks to be a hiker and inhale that ****. -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
On Jun 7, 7:55 am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
Mon, 4 Jun 2007:http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=893&page=5: You need to slow the hell down before you pass people on the trails. Make it a point, especially if you're sneaking up behind them. Nobody likes being startled, especially if they're out for a Sunday walk in the woods. Not only that, but our bikes are basically 2-wheeled 4x4 trucks. The tires kick up a lot of dust and it sucks to be a hiker and inhale that ****. If you don't like being passed by mountain bikes on trails the simply thing is to stay off of the trails yourself. |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
On Jun 12, 10:03 pm, Mike Vandeman wrote:
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? You're an idiot. What could pure habitat possibly be for a human except net disadvantageous? You can't even admire it visually. |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
Mike Vandeman wrote in
: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:05:09 -0700, wrote: On Jun 7, 7:55 am, Mike Vandeman wrote: Mon, 4 Jun 2007:http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=893&page=5: You need to slow the hell down before you pass people on the trails. Make it a point, especially if you're sneaking up behind them. Nobody likes being startled, especially if they're out for a Sunday walk in the woods. Not only that, but our bikes are basically 2-wheeled 4x4 trucks. The tires kick up a lot of dust and it sucks to be a hiker and inhale that ****. If you don't like being passed by mountain bikes on trails the simply thing is to stay off of the trails yourself. Learn to read. I never said that. I don't hike trails where bikes are allowed. It's no fun. Mike So you admit that you hike. Hiking does have an impact on the habitat, maybe to a lesser degree than mountain biking, but yet an impact. Why would you CHOOSE to destroy habitat by hiking??? By your own admission, hiking scares away anaimals near the trail, your shoes (Im sure you would never wear rough soled boots into a wild habitat) destroy small plants and animals. So I ask again, Mike Why would you CHOOSE to destroy habitat by hiking? You should be ashamed of yourself Chris Foster -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
On Jun 13, 5:10 am, Chris wrote:
So you admit that you hike. Hiking does have an impact on the habitat, maybe to a lesser degree than mountain biking, but yet an impact. I have personally investigate the difference between bicycle tracks and footprints on the environment. Walking digs large gouges out of soft ground that bicycles roll over leaving hardly a mark with their much lower loading due to larger surface area and little to no impact as walking does every step as the heal strikes the ground. I have also watched bikes ride along a narrow ledge without a problem and then watch as following hikers footsteps caused sections of the ledge to collapse and fall down the hill. The hikers thought the destruction of these trails was quite funny. Lots of laughing there. The fact is that although mountain bikes ridden incorrectly can cause some trail damage it is almost always a great deal less important than that caused by footprints. |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:27:56 -0700, wrote:
On Jun 12, 10:03 pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? You're an idiot. What could pure habitat possibly be for a human except net disadvantageous? You can't even admire it visually. See http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/india3. We benefit from, and in fact can't live without, other species. No surprize that a mountain biker doesn't know that. -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
On 13 Jun 2007 12:10:07 GMT, Chris wrote:
Mike Vandeman wrote in : On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:05:09 -0700, wrote: On Jun 7, 7:55 am, Mike Vandeman wrote: Mon, 4 Jun 2007:http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=893&page=5: You need to slow the hell down before you pass people on the trails. Make it a point, especially if you're sneaking up behind them. Nobody likes being startled, especially if they're out for a Sunday walk in the woods. Not only that, but our bikes are basically 2-wheeled 4x4 trucks. The tires kick up a lot of dust and it sucks to be a hiker and inhale that ****. If you don't like being passed by mountain bikes on trails the simply thing is to stay off of the trails yourself. Learn to read. I never said that. I don't hike trails where bikes are allowed. It's no fun. Mike So you admit that you hike. Hiking does have an impact on the habitat, maybe to a lesser degree than mountain biking, but yet an impact. Why would you CHOOSE to destroy habitat by hiking??? By your own admission, hiking scares away anaimals near the trail, your shoes (Im sure you would never wear rough soled boots into a wild habitat) destroy small plants and animals. So I ask again, Mike Why would you CHOOSE to destroy habitat by hiking? You should be ashamed of yourself Chris Foster Because it's the least-impact way of enjoying nature. DUH! -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:40:47 -0700, wrote:
On Jun 13, 5:10 am, Chris wrote: So you admit that you hike. Hiking does have an impact on the habitat, maybe to a lesser degree than mountain biking, but yet an impact. I have personally investigate the difference between bicycle tracks and footprints on the environment. Walking digs large gouges out of soft ground that bicycles roll over leaving hardly a mark with their much lower loading due to larger surface area and little to no impact as walking does every step as the heal strikes the ground. I have also watched bikes ride along a narrow ledge without a problem and then watch as following hikers footsteps caused sections of the ledge to collapse and fall down the hill. The hikers thought the destruction of these trails was quite funny. Lots of laughing there. The fact is that although mountain bikes ridden incorrectly can cause some trail damage it is almost always a great deal less important than that caused by footprints. BS. The SCIENCE says otherwise: http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/scb7. -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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FINALLY a Bit of Honesty from a Mountain Biker!
On Jun 16, 10:20 am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:27:56 -0700, wrote: On Jun 12, 10:03 pm, Mike Vandeman wrote: I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? You're an idiot. What could pure habitat possibly be for a human except net disadvantageous? You can't even admire it visually. Seehttp://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/india3. We benefit from, and in fact can't live without, other species. No surprize that a mountain biker doesn't know that. 1) I have never mountain biked in my life, you cross post this nonsense to the four winds. 2) You can't benefit from a species you exclude yourself from all contact with. It's not a very easy point to miss. |
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