"Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 04:33:07 GMT, "Pippen" <[email hidden]> wrote:
.This should get Mikey's panties in a wad...
.
.http://www.imba.com/resources/science/impact_summary.htmlDon't make me laugh. Anyone who bothers to read these "studies" will find
that
Quoted message said:they actually prove the OPPOSITE of what they CLAIM to prove! They
actually
Quoted message said:examine only damage PER MILE. Since mountain bikers typically travel
several
Quoted message said:times as far as hikers (try HIKING 25-50 miles in a day!), it follows FROM
THEIR
Quoted message said:OWN RESEARCH that mountain bikers have several times the impact of hikers.
They
Quoted message said:also don't test mountain biking under normal conditions: they simply roll
passively down a gently sloping hill -- no acceleration, no turns, no
braking,
Quoted message said:all of which would apply shear (horizontal) forces to the ground. In
addition,
Quoted message said:almost all studies ignore impacts on wildlife. As far as I know, every one
of
Quoted message said:these "studies" was done by (surprize, surprize) a mountain biker.
Besides, they
Quoted message said:are irrelevant, because the harm done by mountain biking is not related to
the
Quoted message said: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.)
Mission accomplished...
-p