Erosion concerns are of little significance and can be effectively curbed. Economic concerns hold no merit. The hikers believe that since they were there first, they should have exclusive rights to land paid for and maintained by the tax payers of the state of Wisconsin. In order to maintain their position of dominance, they resort to spreading propaganda about the environment and financial costs. In the birth place of the Mountain Bike, Marin Co CA, the hatred is the highest.
Many horse riders feel it is their duty to attempt to throw bikers.
On a local level, hikers are not quite so spiteful but there is still tension. There are only TWO trail loops open to bikers in the Northern Kettle Moraine forest. On your left. Hikers often hike in large groups, and despite ample warning, do not move to the side, giving a biker less response time to stop on a blind curve. Hikers must realize that they too must follow rules.