[pct-l] bikes on the PCT

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Well, if the PCT becomes a mountain biking trail, I won't be renewing  
my membership with the PCTA or donating any money. The mountain  
bikers took over our local trails and turned them into war zones and  
annoying places to be, cut down all the shade and made the trails  
flat, smooth and boring. I'm sure the PCTA wouldn't care if all the  
hikers left since there are way more mountain bikers, or at least it  
seems like there are. Plus think of all that money they can get from  
IMBA and from the motorcycle manufacturers that are really who  
supports all this mountain biking stuff. Since everybody hates  
mountain bikers, they have to make themselves look like stellar trail  
workers with tons of phony photo-ops of fake trail maintenance and  
lots of logged hours that count for nothing in reality. Fortunately,  
despite all their noise, there do seem to be a lot fewer of them than  
in the past, at least locally.

On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Ken Murray <kmurray at pol.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] bikes on the PCT
>
> In contacting Liz Bergeron, Ex Dir of the PCTA about the issue, and  
> giving her a head's up that bikers might be contacting their Board  
> members to pursuade them, she informs me that Board members have  
> already been contacted.
>
> So, the bikers are taking this seriously, and already taking  
> supportive action.