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Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 22:02:00 EDT
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< 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