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

[Diane Soini]

Literally what I said was "You know you're not supposed to ride on  
this trail, right?" Of course his answer was he didn't know. I  
replied, "That's what all you guys say. Well, this trail is closed to  
mountain biking. You should get off your bike and walk because you  
aren't allowed to ride here." And then we argued for a while and he  
rode away after I stepped aside.

He was an asshole and a jerk for not obeying the rules. It was a warm  
Sunday morning on one of the most popular hiking trails in Santa  
Barbara and the only one closed to mountain biking. Everybody would  
be out on the trail with their dogs and children on such a nice day.  
I hope others also confronted him.

Later we hiked on another trail and mountain bikers came down. I said  
nothing because there's no prohibition against them on the other trail.

On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:09 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Eric Martinot <eric at martinot.info>
> Subject: [pct-l] What do you say to mountain bikers on the PCT?
>
> My literal question, "what do you say to a mountain biker on the  
> PCT" is
> still left essentially unanswered