[pct-l] No Question About It

[Benjamin Grunbaum]

Many in the mountain biking community only like riding as fast as possible.
The same people intentionally ride up banks and whip out the back tire as
shown in that video.  I know this because many of them are my friends.
 They can not acknowledge the more rapid degradation of the trail by riding
in such a way.  I rode with them but they would always have to wait for me
because I had no desire to even try to keep up with them. I doubt I could
have done so with a couple of them.  It seems the vocal mountain biking
community will not accept this FACT. And it is a fact.  They may say they
enjoy the environment they are in but in reality they are going to fast to
do so.  Hopefully, they will give up and let us who enjoy hiking and riding
a horse in a beautiful area, do so, without the fear of encountering a fast
traveling bike with a lot of momentum running into us.  Humans and horses
can stop from one step to the next.  Bicycles take much more distance and
have less control. Meanwhile the sliding tires are creating a groove in the
trail that gets worse with each bike.  Water then exacerbates the situation
even more. It can quickly become a rut.  I have had to jump off the trail
many times while hiking in the Community forest in Arcata, California where
I used to live.  There was a speed limit out there but most of the mountain
bikers never observed it.  Many mountain bikers do obey the rules and ride
because it is good exercise but they are probably the minority.


On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:49 AM, tom aterno <nitnoid1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This video leaves no question about the impact mtn bikes would have on the
> PCT.
>
> http://www.pinkbike.com/video/314276/
>
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