On 6 Aug 2004 09:16:42 -0700, [email hidden] (Reco Diver) wrote:
.."Maybe_one_time" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
..> I just started mountain biking (Gary Fisher and eggbeaters) and find it very
..> rewarding and a great workout.
..>
..> But I am disturbed by the number of bikers here in New Mexico that do not
..> obey the rules and postings that are meant to protect the Open Space here in
..> Albuquerque.
..
..Sounds like querque is having a a growth problem.
..
..> In the back areas it is clearly posted "Do not enter, restoration in
..> progress" and they even put barriers across to keep you from entering.
..> Guess what, bikers go around the barriers, ride in the off-limits areas and
..> leave tire tracks for all the hikers to see and get angry at.
..
..Care to name names? Trail names .... There are several active groups
..in querque, including the ones based out of Two Wheel Drive and Fat
..Tire.
..
..If Otero Canyon is one of the trails you have been riding ....
..
..http://fooriders.org/otero/
..
..http://www.imba.com/news/action_alerts/05_03/05_04_albuquerque.html
..
..> Any suggestions? These people may well ruin it for all of us.
..
..Let the local advocacy groups know what you are seeing. Get involved.
They are undoubtedly part of the problem, not part of the solution, just as IMBA
tells bikers that they are discriminated against, and hence justified in
breaking the law..
..http://www.swcp.com/bicycles/
..
..R
===
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.)