[pct-l] bikes on the PCT, $5 K fee

[Ron Graybill]

The PCT was built and is maintained by hikers -- countless volunteer hours,
and not a little money over the years. No biker should be allowed, but if
allowed, should pay $5000 for a license.
On Oct 9, 2012 6:00 PM, "Brick Robbins" <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:

> Dear PCT lovers:
>
> As you can see from Zorglub messages, there is a very organized threat
> to our trail from the MTB lobby.
>
> They are already contacting individual board members, trying to
> establish personal relationships that they hope will gain them support
> from the PCTA to gain access to the PCT with their machines. I would
> also assume that many of them are also joining the PCTA. It would not
> surprise me if they started using fundraising efforts to win over the
> organization.
>
> I urge you to contact individual members of the Board of the PCTA, and
> PCTA staff and express your opposition.
>
> http://pcta.org/about_pcta/directors.asp
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Zorglub <azorglub at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Commuting by bike is great, but that does not really address the anti
> mountain bike bias I see on this board.  It seems to me, and I'm sure all
> will disagree here, that the issue has to do with sharing more than
> anything else.  Hikers, and the few horse riders left over (from what I
> read earlier on another post) are used now to have the PCT to themselves
> and are not interesting in sharing.
> >
> > I'd like to remind everyone that the PCT is funded by the taxpayer and
> should be therefore not meant to be the exclusive use of any given group.
>  I don't see the USFS creating new trails exclusively for mountain bikers,
> so I really don't see why the PCT should be the exclusive use of hikers.
> >
> > In 12 + years of riding all over, I've never had one bad encounter with
> anybody.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> > To: PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 5:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] bikes on the PCT
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Craig Giffen <cg at lunky.com> wrote:
> >>During my hike of the PCT in the mid 90's, I saw more illegal mountain
> bikes on the trail than I did horses...and no, they did not yield.  One
> came around a blind corner so fast he nearly hit me head on.  He apologized
> but I told him other hikers might not be as nice as I was.<
> >
> > And FWIW, I would like to point out that Craig exclusivity commutes by
> > bicycle and does not own a car. I own a car, but only drive 1 day a
> > week.
> >
> > If you look at Craigs website www.lunky.com you will see his "ride
> > around Australia"
> >
> > Both of us are fiercely pro-bicycle, just not on the PCT
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