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Mike Vandeman
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At 01:04 PM 10/9/04 -0600, Jon K wrote:
>The Psychology of Mountain Biking
>Your article was written nearly five years ago, but its point does not change.
You have stated, basically that mountain biking is bad. In reality, I ride a
bike, I get out. You sit in your dark basement writing up **** that isn’t true
to portray a false image of a mountain biker. We do LESS damage to nature then
lets say someone who rides horses, or someone who rides all terrain vehicles.
That isn't saying much!
> We're more active then someone who plays on a team sport. And lying?
Who cares? Mountain biking is still very destructive.
> Why in the name of god would we lie any more then any normal person would.
Because it's the only way you think you can defend your indefensible sport.
>We ride mountain bikes because it’s more fun then any other sport we've
participated in. Sure it’s expensive, and it’s, how you say, like a drug. But
its better that people get out, explore, and don’t criticize other people for
what they choose to do. I do understand that people poach trails, but the people
who do this are a minor percentage of the mountain biking community.
Nonsense. You have no idea how many it is. In any case, it's a lot of people!
Enough for every park in the world to have some.
> And for building trails on public or private lands, where the hell else are we
supposed to go?
Ride on paved roads.
>As long as we don’t bother anyone
Mountain biking bothers wildlife and all other trail users.
> and stay away from any housing development etc, there really is no harm.
You obviously know NOTHING about the damage mountain bikng does.
>When people walk up or down these trails, they are doing so at their own
stupidity. When you see a 5 foot ledge built out of wood in front of you, does
it not give you some prerogative to get the **** out? And again, trails do not
cause any more harm to the environment then anything else could. A dirt path a
few feet wide is better than a bloody road wouldn’t you think.
It's habitat destruction, plain and simple.
>I don’t know if your views on this topic have changed in the last few years,
but maybe you should actually go out, buy a bike and ride it how it was made to
be ridden.
I have ridden a bike longer than you have been alive.
> You would probably enjoy yourself. Maybe this text may have given you the
opposite view on this, and you would stop being such a hypocritical ***** about
something you cant see for what it really is.
I just tell the truth -- something mountain bikers CAN'T STAND!
>And to add to this; your pictorial overview of your article was ridiculous, and
doesn’t say anything of meaning. A frog, compared to a bunch of people riding
bikes. Good one. I dont have a Ph.d and I could have dont better then that.
Obviously it went over your head.
===
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
>The Psychology of Mountain Biking
>Your article was written nearly five years ago, but its point does not change.
You have stated, basically that mountain biking is bad. In reality, I ride a
bike, I get out. You sit in your dark basement writing up **** that isn’t true
to portray a false image of a mountain biker. We do LESS damage to nature then
lets say someone who rides horses, or someone who rides all terrain vehicles.
That isn't saying much!
> We're more active then someone who plays on a team sport. And lying?
Who cares? Mountain biking is still very destructive.
> Why in the name of god would we lie any more then any normal person would.
Because it's the only way you think you can defend your indefensible sport.
>We ride mountain bikes because it’s more fun then any other sport we've
participated in. Sure it’s expensive, and it’s, how you say, like a drug. But
its better that people get out, explore, and don’t criticize other people for
what they choose to do. I do understand that people poach trails, but the people
who do this are a minor percentage of the mountain biking community.
Nonsense. You have no idea how many it is. In any case, it's a lot of people!
Enough for every park in the world to have some.
> And for building trails on public or private lands, where the hell else are we
supposed to go?
Ride on paved roads.
>As long as we don’t bother anyone
Mountain biking bothers wildlife and all other trail users.
> and stay away from any housing development etc, there really is no harm.
You obviously know NOTHING about the damage mountain bikng does.
>When people walk up or down these trails, they are doing so at their own
stupidity. When you see a 5 foot ledge built out of wood in front of you, does
it not give you some prerogative to get the **** out? And again, trails do not
cause any more harm to the environment then anything else could. A dirt path a
few feet wide is better than a bloody road wouldn’t you think.
It's habitat destruction, plain and simple.
>I don’t know if your views on this topic have changed in the last few years,
but maybe you should actually go out, buy a bike and ride it how it was made to
be ridden.
I have ridden a bike longer than you have been alive.
> You would probably enjoy yourself. Maybe this text may have given you the
opposite view on this, and you would stop being such a hypocritical ***** about
something you cant see for what it really is.
I just tell the truth -- something mountain bikers CAN'T STAND!
>And to add to this; your pictorial overview of your article was ridiculous, and
doesn’t say anything of meaning. A frog, compared to a bunch of people riding
bikes. Good one. I dont have a Ph.d and I could have dont better then that.
Obviously it went over your head.
===
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