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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:
(11) I didn't lie to you. Your letters did frighten me, and I did join the IMBA immediately after
reading them.
(12) 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.
(13) 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 <[email hidden]> wrote: Mike - Just ran across some of your letters on the web
regarding mountain biking. home.pacbell.netwc14.htmOpen ↗
home.pacbell.netmtb121.htmOpen ↗
"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.)