[pct-l] Opinions on the list -MTB

[Reinhold Metzger]

Best opinion on the subject so far,...and right on the money.
BTW....hikers need permits,....don't bikers need permits?
If yes,...does the permit not indicate where they may or may not go?
If no,... .why not?
Just curious,...that's all.

JMT Reinhold
Your curious trail companion.
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Nick,
I generally support all kinds of non-motorized activities in the 
backcountry.
Generally, rules are in place for a reason, though.
Taking a bike through heavily wooded areas, is no problem.
Taking a bike up, or down, a rocky mountain trail is quite dangerous.
I generally use my common sense about dangerous situations.
I could hope that anyone would check the rules first.
I have found sections of trails closed for hunting, for example.
If there is any potential danger caused by my activity, I need to check 
if that
activity is allowed.
Be it canoeing, hiking, riding horses, skiing, snowshoeing or whatever.
Rules for the trail are often posted at the trail heads, but not always.
Ignorance of the rules, or the law, is no excuse.
Sometimes a lake will require special gear, for example, artificial 
lures only.
I always check before I go fishing.
I will get a ticket even if I don't know.
If I want to ride my mountain bike, I need to do the same.
I check before I go riding.
Unless I have that information, then I feel I am in the wrong, if someone
challenges me.
Worse, I am being stupid for not checking, and, I deserve the bloody 
ticket.
The onus is on the person participating in whatever activity.
Fires are not allowed.
You get a ticket for building one whether you know about the rule or not.
Setting up camp on a property easement is about the same, 'cept they call
it trespass, the easement is only for hiking through.
A lot of precedent across the board about this.
The biker is expected to know.
So, this leads me to the conclusion, that whether the mountain biker 
knows it
or not is irrelevant.
Unless the trail section is marked specifically allowing them, most of 
the PCT is
"out of bounds."
Anyway, you were looking for opinions...
jdm