[pct-l] Facts matter (Bicycles on the PCT)

[CJ & Cristy Miller]

Dan - Thanks for digging up the NPS info, I had just started looking for the same.
 
I'm not taking any specific position and I don't ride mountain bikes.  My most recent 
experience on a multi-day, multi-use trail in the Yacolt Burn State Forest was good
when encountering bikers.  It certainly might be the exception rather than the rule
but these fellas slowed, and were making ready to, what appeared to be giving us
the right-of-way.  That allowed my wife and I time to strike up a conversation
with them, to advise that the trail had tree-fall from a logging operation about 3miles
ahead, unpassable unless you wanted to sling a mountain bike over your shoulder. They
thanked us and rode on, only to return a short while later laughing with us at how 
bad the trail was blocked. We all agreed, sharing our frustrations with there not being 
any signage but, to the credit of the State Forest and local Parks, they replied
to both phone calls and emails and advised they would send someone out and contact
the contractor to place signs.
 
In my opinion, as Dan states, get all the facts.
It also has a much to do with education, and of course respect & compliance.
 
Whether hikers are skipping out on tabs during resupply, etc
Whether equestrians turn out in jousting gear to clear all trail obstacles
  (seriously, jousting gear - that right there is funny to think about)
Whether mountain bikers "on your left" toss empty Rbull cans at you
...the few bad apples make it hard on the majority, I get it.
 
I thought the BolderMountainBike site has a down to earth, real world approach
to trail etiquette.
 
Here is a small copy/paste:
"
Most of the time, people are cool. Yes, some people are jerks. Some hikers are jerks. Some
 bikers are jerks. Some chickens are jerked (but that's another story). The thing is that two jerks
 don't make for a nice person. Two jerks make for a fight. Go home feeling like Gandhi instead 
of like Tyson in those vile ear-biting days and we'll all be the better for it."
 
http://bouldermountainbike.org/content/trail-etiquette