Still More Hate Mail from a Typical Mountain Biker
Mike Vandeman
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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:27:25 -0700
To: Mike Vandeman <mjv...@pacbell.net>
From: Mike Stewart <mist...@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: Mountain Bikes
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Yep, you got me. I'm one of those mountain bikers. I didn't mention it
because I don't think its relevant, not because I wasn't being honest enough to
admit it. Actually, I have two mountain bikes. Twice the evil.
I am curious as to how you figured my mountain bike status given that:
(1) I didn't lie to you. Your letters did frighten me, and I did join the IMBA
immediately after reading them.
(2) I didn't imply that what mountain bikes are doing is ok, that's your
inference. I only pointed out that in the greater reality of environmental
issues, mountain bikes do not warrant the attention you are giving them.
(3) I didn't threaten you.
My parents must be pretty disappointed? Well I'm sure they're not thrilled
with me but I wouldn't go so far as to say they are disappointed. I'll forward
your email to them anyway, just to make sure. Still, I don't see what they have
to do with this. Seems to me like a pretty desperate attempt on your part to
make me feel bad about myself or something.
Happy Friday.
- Mike
At 06:01 PM 10/16/2003 -0700, you wrote:
One way you can tell that you are dealing with a mountain biker is that:
(1) They lie. A LOT.
(2) They tell you that they aren't as bad as someone else, implying that what
they are doing is therefore okay.
(3) They threaten you in some way.
I guess you must be a mountain biker, although you weren't honest enough to
admit it. Didn't your parents teach you to tell the truth? Most parents DO, you
know. They must be pretty disappointed....
Mike Stewart <mist...@cisco.com> wrote:
Mike -
Just ran across some of your letters on the web regarding mountain biking.
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/wc14.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/mtb121.htm
"One look at a mountain bike is enough to tell you that it is up to no good: the
knobby tires are designed to rip up the soil, and the suspension systems are
designed to insulate the rider from the shocks, as they beat the trail to a
pulp."
"We are literally creating a generation that is too lazy to walk..."
Frightening stuff. Truly, something needs to be done. Your painfully
exaggerated descriptions of mountain bikes and their irresponsible,
environmentally unconscious owners has already motivated me to join the IMBA. I
do share your environmental concerns in general, but your focus on mountain
bikes as a nature damaging component is like complaining that kids are spitting
in the river downstream from the Dow chemical plant. Your target cause is
just, but your aim is senseless.
- Mike
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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)