The photo above was taken, not back in 1989, but last week. It has now become the campaign of all Fruita Mountain Bikers to set forth a new campaign to educate riders of the ways and the means of Low Impact Mountain Biking. Sadly this effort has opposition from our own ranks. Land managers and advocates backed by federal law and organizations such as the Sierra Club have and will wage war against Mountain Biking. The weapons they use and the facts they site against us are from our own media.
Popular advertising features more off trail riding than on.
It is foolish to empower our own demise. There is no Land Manager left in this country who supports cross country random travel. There is no outdoors lover who supports the constant damage of random off-trail tire marks from bikes. We can no longer support a destructive approach to our sport. T here is also NO excuse for a mountain biker to intentionally ride off trail.