Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!hplvle!guest From: guest@hplvle.UUCP (guest) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <3500001@hplvle.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 22:02:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hplvle.3500001 Posted: Tue Sep 18 22:02:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 08:31:14 EDT References: <-32100@hoxna.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Loveland, CO Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:hoxna:-32100:hplvle:3500001:37777777600:936 Nf-From: hplvle!guest Sep 24 18:02:00 1984 < tramp, tramp, tramp > I am an avid backpacker and an enthusiastic bicyclist. I don't think bicycles belong in the backcountry. Ever seen a vacant lot where kids have been riding thier BMX bicycles? The result is invariably severe and irreversable erosion. Many of the hiking trails where I live (Northern Colorado) are at high altitudes where the short growing season makes it unlikely that vegetation will completely recover from one summer's two-wheeled onslaught by the next summer. There *are* plenty of places to ride a "mountain bike." Most (non-wilderness) national forest lands are crisscrossed by a network of fire roads which are intended to withstand light vehicle traffic. The district ranger station will sell a forest map showing roads and trails for a couple of dollars. Please use the roads and stay off the foot trails. Now if we could just get rid of the horses... David L. Rick hpfcla!hplvla!drick