Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Mountain Bikes & The Environment Message-ID: <876@opus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 20:42:41 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.876 Posted: Wed Oct 10 20:42:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 05:49:43 EDT References: <173@oliveb.UUCP> <321@hoxna.UUCP> <930@druri.UUCP> <2836@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 21 > FLAME!!!: Rolling over a few barrel cacti ... ??? > > Rolling a bike over *any* sort of vegetation seems insensitive to > environment. Rolling a bike over a slow-growing cactus in the desert is > scandalous, even if accidental. You should not use a bike in a manner > which makes these accidents likely. I'm sorry to say this, sir, but you > seem like just the sort of clod who gives mountain bikes a bad name. If you were too dim to see that he was making a point about durability of the tires, too bad. The poster was from Denver. If he's riding here in the nearby Rockies, (1) It's not desert by a long shot and (2) there's no shortage of cacti. Unless you hike heavily-traveled trails, you're going to step on vegetation. Not every hiker spends all of his time on trails devoid of plants, let alone never stepping off the trail. In other words, think about the overall picture and don't be so damn dogmatic about it. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Relax...don't worry...have a homebrew.