>> <gcmschem...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On May 13, 3:50 pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
>> >> OK, now it really is getting boring. Yet another article about how
>> >> mountain bikers cause less trail damage than hikers and equestrians.

>> >> "http://www.americantrails.org/resources/ManageMaintain/WKeenImpacts.html"

>> >> Can we finally begin to work on public policy changes that work to
>> >> reduce trail impact by reducing the number of hikers and equestrians,
>> >> and that encourage more mountain biking? The facts are clear and
>> >> indisputable.

>> >> There's never been any study that showed more damage from mountain bikes
>> >> than from any other non-motorized trail users. You had a lot of hikers
>> >> and equestrians not wanting to share trails that they felt they owned by
>> >> "being their first" as if that was justification for banning other
>> >> users, and they made a lot of outrageous and totally wrong statements
>> >> about trail impact.

>> >> The issue of trail usage needs to be raised at the highest level of
>> >> government. There are many trails in National Parks and National
>> >> Recreation Areas that should be open to mountain bikers.

>> >Obviously, the studies and the overview were done by mountain bikers.
>> >Duh.

>> Yes, but more importantly, they don't tell the truth.

>Funny that you didn't quote a single thing that they lied about.

>E.P.