"Developing the Conscientious Mountain Biker"

[Mike Vandeman]

I was wondering where they would find "leaders in environmental
advocacy", since all of the speakers are mountain biking advocates,
NOT environmental advocates. I have yet to hear any of them advocate
protection of the environment. HAVE YOU? On the contrary, they all
advocate destroying more habitat to build mountain more biking trails.

Well, maybe they should have told the truth, because I understand that
exactly ONE person from the entire San Francisco Bay Area, other than
the speakers, showed up to learn how to be a conscientious mountain
biker, from people who themselves aren't conscientious mountain
bikers. OF COURSE. Obviously, mountain bikers (including the speakers)
aren't really interested in learning how to be conscientious. So maybe
they should stop pretending!

Mike


Developing the Conscientious Mountain Biker is a panel discussion
using positive role models to educate new cyclists into becoming
contributing members of the community in a safe, healthy, and
environmentally-friendly manner. Our panelists will include
historical leaders in the sport and environmental advocacy, and extra
effort will be made to be inclusive of women and youth for our
audience. Bring your questions for Jim Hasenauer (IMBA), Matt
Fritzinger (NorCal HS MTB League), Colleen Wanty (LunaChix), Marc
Rossi (Jamis Bicycles), and Jacquie Phelan (WOMBATS). From 5-8pm
Sports Basement (in the Presidio) will be providing drinks and snacks
and a great 15% off on the night with 5% of related sales going to the
Breast Cancer Fund. More info: http://www.sportsbasement.com
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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.)

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[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:09:18 GMT, Mike Vandeman
<[email protected]> said in
<[email protected]>:

>I was wondering where they would find "leaders in environmental
>advocacy", since all of the speakers are mountain biking advocates,
>NOT environmental advocates. I have yet to hear any of them advocate
>protection of the environment.

That's because in MikeyWorld getting on a bike makes you a habitat
destroyer, and therefore inherently not an environmental advocate;
in MikeyWorld environmental advocacy is synonymous with pursuing the
Holy Jihad against mountain biking, and failing to join the Jihad
makes you an Infidel and not a Vandeman Approved Environmentalist.

On planet Earth, by contrast, many passionate environmental
advocates ride bikes, sometimes out in the backwoods. Presumably
because they don't believe Vandeman's **** - hence his need to troll
Usenet with it rather than discuss it in reputable journals.

Guy
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