Posted on 01/23/2008 9:52:22 AM PST by george76
Mountain bikers worry proposal could kill ‘epic ride’.
Many of the area's skilled mountain bikers are concerned about a proposal that would ban them from some of their most-prized local trails, including a segment of the Colorado Trail.
The proposal is part of a draft plan by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to guide management of 2.4 million acres of public lands in Southwest Colorado.
The plan recommends classifying 55,000 acres as new wilderness, including 51,000 acres west of Hermosa Creek.
Congress is ultimately responsible for establishing wilderness areas, which cannot be used by motorized vehicles or mountain bikes.
"There's 500,000 ways to preserve it other than by banning bicyclists," mountain biker Gardner Catsman said.
The Colorado Trail, a 500-mile route from outside Denver to Durango, is "a premier, world-class, long-distance" trail for mountain bikers, according to the trail's Web site, with the strenuous 75-mile segment from Molas Pass to Durango being especially revered among the sport's elite.
Severing it, Catsman said, would eliminate the area's "only classic, epic ride."
(Excerpt) Read more at durangoherald.com ...
Would the doc and wife allow a stationary bike, or a real bike with a mechanism to hold the rear wheel off the ground?
Cheers!
and vice versus
My biking son has a couple of stationary holders for bikes.
However, my sons and I are outdoor nuts, who get very bored exercising inside. So now I walk outside if the weather allows it.
As a friend has noted many times: “Gore Tex is God’s gift to the mentally ill, who must go outdoors for their hobbies and exercise.”
“UN biosphere coming soon to your area.”
You’re right. It was laid out in UN documents a long time ago. They’re just behind on their population reduction scheme.
This will help save the planet by cutting down on the excessive CO2 emitted by cyclists as they strenuously exercise on the mountain trails.
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