[pct-l] What do you say to mountain bikers on the PCT?

[Reinhold Metzger]

Eric,
Do you think if biking on the PCT would be legalized that the number of 
bikers
on the PCT would increase dramatically and turn the  "not a big deal"  
into a
big deal?
And what about the safety issue?
Just like it takes only one motorcycle driving on a sidewalk to cause 
serious
injury to pedestrians, it would take just one mountain biker to cause 
serious
injury to a hiker in case of a collision.

Also there is the question of potentially establishing a permanent right 
if their
illegal use continuous for an extended period of time, by way of an 
"Easement
by Prescription."

JMT Reinhold
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Eric wrote:
If bicycles accelerate the errosion, undermine the volunteer work, and 
generally
make the trail more difficult to hike, that is of great concern to me.
But are there really enough bikes on the trail to do that?
 From some of the posts, it seems for certain sections of PCT the answer 
is yes.
But overall, is this really not a big deal because the quantity of bikes 
is so small?