In what part of S.D. County do you live, R'Lung? The SDCBC and a couple of mountain bike advocacy groups have been working this issue. As a hiker, environmentlaist, road bicyclist, and mountain bicyclist, I see the need for mountain bike restrictions in some sensitive areas, but I greatly resent regulators and regulations which attempt to group offroad motorized vehicles, which I personally strongly oppose, with mountain bicycles.
I could support classifying wilderness areas as:
1) pristine; off-limits to human activity;
2) pedestrians (hikers, back-packers, rock-climbers) only;
3) peds and bicycles only;
4) peds, bicycles, and motor vehicles.
To me, the big distinction should be between categories 3 and 4, not between categories 2 and 3.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069