Well, I assume they are going to appeal ... this sets a bad precedent and may now be picked up by other towns so it is better to get it over-turned if you can. Ultimately bicyclists may have to fight this at the state legislature by getting a law passed forbidding towns from prohibiting bicycle traffic. Trying to fight it in Black Hawk seems like a losing cause to me since those politicians have already made it clear they could care less how many bicyclists they offend.

BTW, I don't necessarily think the judge's decision is wrong legally ... his interpretation of the law may be correct even if we don't like the result and we don't agree with the arguments. I have found it absolutely amazing the number of people over on A&S that will tell you what the law means even if they have no case law to back their interpretation up or even when the case law contradicts their interpretation ("that judge didn't know what he was talking about", etc.). Some of the people that do this are even attorneys who should know better. What is worse is that these same people will attack you for saying the law says something, just because they don't like what the law says. Shoot the messenger. The reality is the law means what the courts say it means and not what you think it means, or wish it said, or what some clown on the A&S forum says it means.