[pct-l] PCTRI response to the Forest Service upholding PCT mountain biking closure

[Todd McMahon]

Nick, Biking on the PCT is illegal
It's obvious that in all documentation about the PCT is
that its intended users are hikers and horseback riders.
Furthermore, the United States Forest Service must
manage the trail for its intended users.  Adding a swarm
of Mountain Bikers to the trail is not managing it for its
intended users.

So what if the Forest Service mishandled the Closure Order.
What difference does that make?  Can't they just make another
closure order?  And if they do make another closure, the fact
remains that the PCT is intended for hikers and horseback riders.
The fact remains that the PCT was not designed and built for
Mountain Biking.

Are you and the rest of the PCTRI folks that anal that you can't
let some other users enjoy a trail in peace?  Again, this is the
worst possible public relations disaster that mountain biking has
ever had.  It's such a disaster that most of the Mountain Biking
Community doesn't want to discuss it anymore.