Mountain Bikers Are Destroying Colorado!

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From: a hiker/equestrian
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36 EDT
Subject: Re: Mountain Bikers Sacrifice Trees to Build Their Trails

I find this truly disgusting. I have just come back from
Colorado Springs where I walk in a wild park behind my
parents house. Colorado foolishly allowed mountain biking
and is paying a huge price for it. The Park I walked a year
ago has three times the amount of illegal single track
trails than it had last year, and the erosion is
devastating. Also the tire tracks have cut into the ancient
sandstone formations, a damage that can never be repaired.
These formations are 60 million years old, and are now
scarred and worn in one year.

There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
leaping off cliffs. Awful.

===
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.)

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off cliffs. Awful.
>
It's that damn "whooping and hollering" that'll be the
demise of the sport, I'm sure.

Tom

You have to love him don't you! He's like a cousin you only see on weddings
and funerals and sits in the corner all alone wearing grannies special
knitted sweater. Then secretly hides in the toilet with a Wal-Mart catalogue
and some arse paper. Which one he looks at is unknown at this time.
Kent
"Mike Vandeman" <mjvande@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:f4iud0p8holjvj9jfh819oqqid2kijfm83@4ax.com...
> From: a hiker/equestrian Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36
> EDT Subject: Re: Mountain Bikers Sacrifice Trees to Build
> Their Trails
>
> I find this truly disgusting. I have just come back from
> Colorado Springs where I walk in a wild park behind my
> parents house. Colorado foolishly
allowed
> mountain biking and is paying a huge price for it. The
> Park I walked a
year
> ago has three times the amount of illegal single track
> trails than it had
last
> year, and the erosion is devastating. Also the tire tracks
> have cut into
the
> ancient sandstone formations, a damage that can never be
> repaired. These formations are 60 million years old, and
> are now scarred and worn in one
year.
>
> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off
cliffs.
> Awful.
>
> ===
> 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.)
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

Let's try this one.

From: a concerned citizen Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36
EDT Subject: Re: Homeowners Sacrifice Trees to Build
Their Homes!

I find this truly disgusting. I have just come back from
Anytown, USA, where I tried to walk in a Park behind my
parents' house [punctuation corrected: Ed] Anytoewn
foolishly allowed home-building and is paying a huge price
for it. THe Park I walked last year has gone - it has almost
three times the number of paved roads than it did last year,
and all the trees have been cut down to build the houses
with. The erosion from digging cellar holes in the ancient
sandstone formations is devastating, a damege tat can never
be recovered from. These formations are trillions of years
old, and are now disfigured within a year. THere are
homeowners and their children everywhere, whooping and'
a'hollerin' like crazy, leaping off the sidewalks where the
sandstone used to be.

Make you feel better, Mikey?

Mike Vandeman wrote:
> From: a hiker/equestrian Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36
> EDT Subject: Re: Mountain Bikers Sacrifice Trees to Build
> Their Trails
>
> The Park I walked a year ago has three times the amount
> of ... single track trails than it had last year. There
> are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and leaping
> off cliffs.

Wahhooooo!!!

Sounds great!!!!!

Where abouts is it exactly?

> From: a hiker/equestrian
> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36 EDT
> Subject: Re: Mountain Bikers Sacrifice Trees to Build Their Trails
>
> I find this truly disgusting. I have just come back from
> Colorado Springs where I walk in a wild park behind my
> parents house. Colorado foolishly
allowed
> mountain biking and is paying a huge price for it. The
> Park I walked a
year
> ago has three times the amount of illegal single track
> trails than it had
last
> year, and the erosion is devastating. Also the tire tracks
> have cut into
the
> ancient sandstone formations, a damage that can never be
> repaired. These formations are 60 million years old, and
> are now scarred and worn in one
year.
>
> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off
cliffs.
> Awful.

Colorado is awful anyway. Let them have it. Maybe they'll
leave better places alone.

Em

Mike Vandeman <mjvande@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off cliffs. Awful.

Leaping off of cliffs and whooping and hollering have
nothing to do with mountain biking. Sounds like kids on bmx
bikes to me.

JD

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:22:07 +0000, Mike Vandeman wrote:

> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off cliffs. Awful.

All right then. Let's give them prozac, a few sedatives, and
some fried chicken. That way, they can be dead druggies, but
at least they'll be quiet.

Good lord, I *want* my kids to be whooping and hollering. I
don't know about the leaping off cliffs part... But that
sounds like normal activity for kids and young people.

--Kamus

--
o | o__ >[] | A roadie who doesn't ride a
mountain bike has no soul. ,>/'_ /\ | But
then a mountain biker who doesn't ride a road
bike has no legs... (_)\(_) \ \ | -Doug
Taylor, alt.mountain-bike

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:22:07 GMT, Mike Vandeman <mjvande@pacbell.net> wrote:
> From: a hiker/equestrian Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36
> EDT Subject: Re: Mountain Bikers Sacrifice Trees to Build
> Their Trails
>
> I find this truly disgusting. I have just come back from
> Colorado Springs where I walk in a wild park behind my
> parents house. Colorado foolishly allowed mountain biking
> and is paying a huge price for it. The Park I walked a
> year ago has three times the amount of illegal single
> track trails than it had last year, and the erosion is
> devastating. Also the tire tracks have cut into the
> ancient sandstone formations, a damage that can never be
> repaired. These formations are 60 million years old, and
> are now scarred and worn in one year.
>
> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off cliffs. Awful.

That sounds cool! What part of the state? I'll have to get
down there for a little huckin'!

G

On 28 Jun 2004 00:56:27 GMT, saildesign@aol.comnospam (Stephen Baker) wrote:

.Let's try this one. . .From: a concerned citizen .Date:
Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36 EDT .Subject: Re: Homeowners
Sacrifice Trees to Build Their Homes! . .I find this truly
disgusting. I have just come back from Anytown, USA, where I
.tried to walk in a Park behind my parents' house
[punctuation corrected: Ed] .Anytoewn foolishly allowed home-
building and is paying a huge price for it. .THe Park I
walked last year has gone - it has almost three times the
number of .paved roads than it did last year, and all the
trees have been cut down to .build the houses with. The
erosion from digging cellar holes in the ancient .sandstone
formations is devastating, a damege tat can never be
recovered from. .These formations are trillions of years
old, and are now disfigured within a .year. .THere are
homeowners and their children everywhere, whooping and'
a'hollerin' .like crazy, leaping off the sidewalks where the
sandstone used to be. . .Make you feel better, Mikey?

Did you say something?
===
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.)

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off
cliffs.
> Awful.
>
> ===
> 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.)
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

So, idiot environmentalist have already destroyed
California.

what a brilliant discussion this is. do you really think
that environmentalists have destroyed california? take a
trip to w. virginia or better yet pittsburgh or the shore of
lake ontario where there are no environmentalists. have you
ever been to mexico?

"di" <di0000@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Hw2Ec.22650$wS2.885@okepread03...
>
> > There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> > leaping off
> cliffs.
> > Awful.
> >
> > ===
> > 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.)
> >
> > http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
>
> So, idiot environmentalist have already destroyed
> California.

Mike Vandeman wrote:
> From: a hiker/equestrian Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36
> EDT Subject: Re: Mountain Bikers Sacrifice Trees to Build
> Their Trails
>
> I find this truly disgusting. I have just come back from
> Colorado Springs where I walk in a wild park behind my
> parents house. Colorado foolishly allowed mountain biking
> and is paying a huge price for it. The Park I walked a
> year ago has three times the amount of illegal single
> track trails than it had last year, and the erosion is
> devastating. Also the tire tracks have cut into the
> ancient sandstone formations, a damage that can never be
> repaired. These formations are 60 million years old, and
> are now scarred and worn in one year.
>
> There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> leaping off cliffs. Awful.
>
> ===
> 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.)
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
IT"S NOT A "WILD PARK" IT'S CALLED "OPEN SPACE PARK". Which
is just a new way of calling a city park something PC.

What about all the houses being built practically IN THE
PARK? IS THAT YOUR HOUSE? I HOPE IT BURNS DOWN THE NEXT TIME
WE HAVE A GOOD FOREST FIRE! I guess it's OK for your parents
to build a house next to the park, but not OK for me to ride
my bike there? Gee thanks Mike!

Burn Baby Burn, but never clear out some of the brush that
would keep your property from burning

"Alan" <dreaded@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:cbqgjj$a7j$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu...
> what a brilliant discussion this is. do you really think
> that environmentalists have destroyed california? take a
> trip to w. virginia or better yet pittsburgh or the shore
> of lake ontario where there are no environmentalists. have
> you ever been to mexico?
>
> "di" <di0000@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:Hw2Ec.22650$wS2.885@okepread03...
> >
> > > There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering
> > > and leaping off
> > cliffs.
> > > Awful.
> > >
> > > ===
> > > 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.)
> > >
> > > http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
> >
> > So, idiot environmentalist have already destroyed
> > California.
> >
>

"JD" <dij@usafcct.com> wrote in message
news:ebf270c9.0406280222.2e887c3f@posting.google.com...
> Mike Vandeman <mjvande@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > There are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> > leaping off
cliffs.
> > Awful.
>
> Leaping off of cliffs and whooping and hollering have
> nothing to do with mountain biking. Sounds like kids on
> bmx bikes to me.
>
> JD

<Scratchy record WAV>

>',;~}~

Shaun aRe

On 28 Jun 2004 03:22:34 -0700, JD wrote:

> Leaping off of cliffs and whooping and hollering have
> nothing to do with mountain biking.

"Leaping off cliffs" sounds more like some sort of
suicide club.

--
-BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail
address, at least)

Disco Stu <stu@springfield_dance_studio.com> wrote in message news:<1088392590.450884@morgai.wetafx.co.nz>...
> Mike Vandeman wrote:
> > From: a hiker/equestrian Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:38:36
> > EDT Subject: Re: Mountain Bikers Sacrifice Trees to
> > Build Their Trails
> >
> > The Park I walked a year ago has three times the amount
> > of ... single track trails than it had last year. There
> > are bikers everywhere, whooping and hollering and
> > leaping off cliffs.
>
> Wahhooooo!!!
>
> Sounds great!!!!!
>
> Where abouts is it exactly?

YEEEEHAAAAH! BOOOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! YIPEEEEEEEEE!

/SSSSS

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:10:20 +0000, BB wrote:

>> Leaping off of cliffs and whooping and hollering have
>> nothing to do with mountain biking.
>
> "Leaping off cliffs" sounds more like some sort of
> suicide club.

Don't knock it till you've tried it :)

"Alan" <dreaded@u.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<cbqgjj$a7j$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu>...
> what a brilliant discussion this is. do you really think
> that environmentalists have destroyed california? take a
> trip to w. virginia or better yet pittsburgh or the shore
> of lake ontario where there are no environmentalists. have
> you ever been to mexico?

Please attend the Pittsburgh Enviromental Teaching Workshop
this July 12th thru 16th.

To claim there are no enviromentalists in these areas
is absurd.

On 29 Jun 2004 12:49:03 -0700, bicycle@charter.net (R.White) wrote:

>"Alan" <dreaded@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
>news:<cbqgjj$a7j$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu>...
>> what a brilliant discussion this is. do you really think
>> that environmentalists have destroyed california? take a
>> trip to w. virginia or better yet pittsburgh or the shore
>> of lake ontario where there are no environmentalists.
>> have you ever been to mexico?
>
>Please attend the Pittsburgh Enviromental Teaching Workshop
>this July 12th thru 16th.
>
>To claim there are no enviromentalists in these areas
>is absurd.

If they don't make him the keynote speaker, and immediately
adopt all of his views 100%, he will attack them and call
them names.

Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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