I don't understand why this issue is made so complicated. The only way that everyone can have equal access to the trails is that bikes be banned from natural areas, and restricted to pavement. (Mountain bikers, of course, can all walk, although they pretend not to be able to.) That would reduce negative impacts on wildlife, people, and the environment, and eliminate the conflicts. Trail conflicts mostly originated with the advent of mountain biking.
There is also a lot of onsense being asserted about mountain biking impacts. The science is described in detail at http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/scb7.
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Posted on June 23 at 8:17 p.m.
I don't understand why this issue is made so complicated. The only way that everyone can have equal access to the trails is that bikes be banned from natural areas, and restricted to pavement. (Mountain bikers, of course, can all walk, although they pretend not to be able to.) That would reduce negative impacts on wildlife, people, and the environment, and eliminate the conflicts. Trail conflicts mostly originated with the advent of mountain biking.
There is also a lot of onsense being asserted about mountain biking impacts. The science is described in detail at http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/scb7.
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