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Tamyka Bell
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Friday wrote:
>
> Tamyka Bell wrote:
> > In my local paper this week, there was an article about
> > damage being done by "young hoodlums" in a local reserve.
> > Apparently these hoodlums are leaving bongs in the bushland
> > and are riding their bikes. The spokesperson for the local
> > conservation group made a comment that "cycling causes 100
> > times the damage that bushwalking does" which I think is a
> > ludicrous statement. I vaguely remembered someone posting
> > something about damage levels... and hoped someone could
> > point me in the right direction (because I have heaps of
> > marking to do and no time to go find a vacant computer with
> > web access...) I'd like to write a letter calling the
> > article "claptrap" or similar.
> >
> > As an aside, I've seen those hoodlums while running in
> > their. They were carrying knives and small axes and big
> > backpacks. They were riding their bikes on the formed trails
> > and not skidding. Somehow I don't think it was their cycling
> > causing the damage...
> >
> > Tam
>
> There was someone involved with the Southwest Mountain bike club (in
> Bunbury, Western Australia) who did a study as a Uni thesis and found
> that walkers did more damage, especially when walking downhill with a
> back pack. Contact Damon Willmore or Trek cycles in Bunbury for further
> details.
>
> Friday
Goeft, U. and Alder, J. (2001). "Sustainable mountain
biking: a case study from the southwest of Western
Australia," Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 9(3):193-211.
That was on the IMBA website.
Tam
>
> Tamyka Bell wrote:
> > In my local paper this week, there was an article about
> > damage being done by "young hoodlums" in a local reserve.
> > Apparently these hoodlums are leaving bongs in the bushland
> > and are riding their bikes. The spokesperson for the local
> > conservation group made a comment that "cycling causes 100
> > times the damage that bushwalking does" which I think is a
> > ludicrous statement. I vaguely remembered someone posting
> > something about damage levels... and hoped someone could
> > point me in the right direction (because I have heaps of
> > marking to do and no time to go find a vacant computer with
> > web access...) I'd like to write a letter calling the
> > article "claptrap" or similar.
> >
> > As an aside, I've seen those hoodlums while running in
> > their. They were carrying knives and small axes and big
> > backpacks. They were riding their bikes on the formed trails
> > and not skidding. Somehow I don't think it was their cycling
> > causing the damage...
> >
> > Tam
>
> There was someone involved with the Southwest Mountain bike club (in
> Bunbury, Western Australia) who did a study as a Uni thesis and found
> that walkers did more damage, especially when walking downhill with a
> back pack. Contact Damon Willmore or Trek cycles in Bunbury for further
> details.
>
> Friday
Goeft, U. and Alder, J. (2001). "Sustainable mountain
biking: a case study from the southwest of Western
Australia," Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 9(3):193-211.
That was on the IMBA website.
Tam