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So, what happened to Mikey "Handsaw" V?
"SMS" wrote in message ... Vandeman's goal of protecting wilderness has merit. But he's so _incredibly_ confused about the relative impacts of different activities on wilderness. Every study on the subject has shown that the impact of mountain bikers is not any more than the impact of hikers, and less than that of equestrians, and actually the mountain bike impact is often less than that of hikers. Vandeman should be redirecting his time and energy into campaigning against snowmobiles and other motorized off-road vehicles. The reality is that hikers often make trails unpleasant for use by mountain bikers and vice-versa. They have to learn to share somehow. Scheduling some days for each group of users would be fair. It's not a question of who was there first. I agree that Vandeman's actions may hurt the cause more than help. Where did your find studies of mountain bike impact on the environment? My observation is that bicycles cause more erosion than foot traffic and the number of cyclists doing trail maintenance is far less than the number of hikers doing trail maintenance. |
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