Mike Vandeman
May 23rd 06, 03:13 PM
On 23 May 2006 12:33:11 GMT, Chris Foster
> wrote:
>Mike Vandeman > wrote in
:
>
>> On Sun, 7 May 2006 09:01:28 -0400, "S Curtiss"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>>>> They turn into a narrow slot where the bikes have been scooping
>>>>>> around corners or over hill and dale. Eventually they can hardly
>>>>>> be ridden by anyone other than skilled cyclists and they are hard
>>>>>> for walkers to navigate too. I suspect those ruts have to be
>>>>>> filled in by someone sooner
>>>>>> or later.
>>>>>Ruts have been forming for millions of years.
>>>>
>>>> BS. Continuous narrow ruts are the work of BIKE tires. Hikers can't
>>>> possibly do that, nor can wildlife.
>>>Funny how you comment here instead after the the complete context:
>>>"Any high traffic area, footpath or not, that wears away the
>>>vegetation can create a path for running water."
>>>That has been the process of erosion for centuries. Mountain bikes can
>>>accelerate it, just as hiking traffic can.
>>
>> But narrow ruts with the shape of a bike tire can only be made by
>> bikes. Distinguishing them from other erosion is child's play.
>>
>
>Mike,
> In Rocky Mountain National Park, where cycling, dogs, and horses are
>NOT allowed, has very narrow ruts where only high FOOT traffic exists.
Those ruts are caused by illegal mountain biking. Hikers CANNOT cause
that kind of rut. It is physically impossible.
> I have seen this with my own eyes, this is a FACT.
>
>
> I Colorado Springs, near Helen Hunt Falls, ruts exits that ARE caused
>by Mountain Bikes. The ruts look exactly alike to me.
>
> A rut is a rut.
>
> Chris Foster
> Colorado Native
>
>
>
>
>>>> The advent of off-road cycling
>>>>>does not have to bear the brunt of the blame for their existence.
>>>>>Any high traffic area, footpath or not, that wears away the
>>>>>vegetation can create a path for running water.
>>>>>>
>>>
>> ===
>> 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.)
>>
>> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
>>
>
>
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> wrote:
>Mike Vandeman > wrote in
:
>
>> On Sun, 7 May 2006 09:01:28 -0400, "S Curtiss"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>>>> They turn into a narrow slot where the bikes have been scooping
>>>>>> around corners or over hill and dale. Eventually they can hardly
>>>>>> be ridden by anyone other than skilled cyclists and they are hard
>>>>>> for walkers to navigate too. I suspect those ruts have to be
>>>>>> filled in by someone sooner
>>>>>> or later.
>>>>>Ruts have been forming for millions of years.
>>>>
>>>> BS. Continuous narrow ruts are the work of BIKE tires. Hikers can't
>>>> possibly do that, nor can wildlife.
>>>Funny how you comment here instead after the the complete context:
>>>"Any high traffic area, footpath or not, that wears away the
>>>vegetation can create a path for running water."
>>>That has been the process of erosion for centuries. Mountain bikes can
>>>accelerate it, just as hiking traffic can.
>>
>> But narrow ruts with the shape of a bike tire can only be made by
>> bikes. Distinguishing them from other erosion is child's play.
>>
>
>Mike,
> In Rocky Mountain National Park, where cycling, dogs, and horses are
>NOT allowed, has very narrow ruts where only high FOOT traffic exists.
Those ruts are caused by illegal mountain biking. Hikers CANNOT cause
that kind of rut. It is physically impossible.
> I have seen this with my own eyes, this is a FACT.
>
>
> I Colorado Springs, near Helen Hunt Falls, ruts exits that ARE caused
>by Mountain Bikes. The ruts look exactly alike to me.
>
> A rut is a rut.
>
> Chris Foster
> Colorado Native
>
>
>
>
>>>> The advent of off-road cycling
>>>>>does not have to bear the brunt of the blame for their existence.
>>>>>Any high traffic area, footpath or not, that wears away the
>>>>>vegetation can create a path for running water.
>>>>>>
>>>
>> ===
>> 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.)
>>
>> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
>>
>
>
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===
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.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande