Re: MTB Impact Report



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Pippen

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"Mike Vandeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 04:33:07 GMT, "Pippen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> .This should get Mikey's panties in a wad...
> .
> .http://www.imba.com/resources/science/impact_summary.html
>
> Don't make me laugh. Anyone who bothers to read these "studies" will find

that
> they actually prove the OPPOSITE of what they CLAIM to prove! They

actually
> examine only damage PER MILE. Since mountain bikers typically travel

several
> times as far as hikers (try HIKING 25-50 miles in a day!), it follows FROM

THEIR
> OWN RESEARCH that mountain bikers have several times the impact of hikers.

They
> also don't test mountain biking under normal conditions: they simply roll
> passively down a gently sloping hill -- no acceleration, no turns, no

braking,
> all of which would apply shear (horizontal) forces to the ground. In

addition,
> almost all studies ignore impacts on wildlife. As far as I know, every one

of
> these "studies" was done by (surprize, surprize) a mountain biker.

Besides, they
> are irrelevant, because the harm done by mountain biking is not related to

the
> harm done by other activities, such as hiking. The damage is the same,
> regardless of what hikers or anyone else is doing!
>
> ===
> 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


Mission accomplished...

-p