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Edward Dolan
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> "Edward Dolan" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> I am not as concerned about erosion to the trail as you imagine me to be.
>> I
>> am concerned about the kind of mental attitudes that others take into the
>> wilderness with them. Only hikers and equestrians have the right mental
>> attitude for the wilderness (reverence). Mountain bikers especially have
>> all
>> the wrong attitudes. They view the trail as some kind of obstacle course
>> which they are challenged to conquer. In other words, it is a sport to
>> them,
>> not a pilgrimage of the soul.
>
> Well said : but define a "mountain biker"? If its some goateed **** who
> says "kewl" a lot then I would agree. If it were someone with a
> mountainbike who is using a mountainbike for the rougher terrain on a
> long distance tour then I would disagree. Touring cyclists fit into your
> "pilgrimage" group too you know.
If that is indeed the case, then I will allow them to pass unmolested on my
sacred footpaths.
I have never yet seen a high altitude trail that I thought was suitable for
mountain bikes. I have seen such trails at lower elevations. But I continue
to believe that some kind of road is best suited for a bike. The road can be
very rough, but is should be a road and not a trail. Jeep roads, sometimes
called 4-wheel drive roads, would seem to be ideal for mountain bikes as
well as all gravel roads of course.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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> "Edward Dolan" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> I am not as concerned about erosion to the trail as you imagine me to be.
>> I
>> am concerned about the kind of mental attitudes that others take into the
>> wilderness with them. Only hikers and equestrians have the right mental
>> attitude for the wilderness (reverence). Mountain bikers especially have
>> all
>> the wrong attitudes. They view the trail as some kind of obstacle course
>> which they are challenged to conquer. In other words, it is a sport to
>> them,
>> not a pilgrimage of the soul.
>
> Well said : but define a "mountain biker"? If its some goateed **** who
> says "kewl" a lot then I would agree. If it were someone with a
> mountainbike who is using a mountainbike for the rougher terrain on a
> long distance tour then I would disagree. Touring cyclists fit into your
> "pilgrimage" group too you know.
If that is indeed the case, then I will allow them to pass unmolested on my
sacred footpaths.
I have never yet seen a high altitude trail that I thought was suitable for
mountain bikes. I have seen such trails at lower elevations. But I continue
to believe that some kind of road is best suited for a bike. The road can be
very rough, but is should be a road and not a trail. Jeep roads, sometimes
called 4-wheel drive roads, would seem to be ideal for mountain bikes as
well as all gravel roads of course.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota