Cycling Forum / General / Off-road Cycling / July 2008

Hey Mike, don't you think that off-road dirt biking is worst than mountain
biking?
Go fight them.

Wildlife Need Habitat Off-Limits to Humans!
Michael J. Vandeman, Ph.D.
October 12, 1997
"Of what avail are forty freedoms, without a blank spot on the map?"

http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=mountain-bike
07/25/2008: The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame sits just off main street in Crested Butte, Colorado. It’s tucked into the back corner of the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum and packed with a broad cross-section of mountain biking ...

I think I'm going to use my camera and sing a song for BooblePus (Ride-
A-Lot) www.schnauzers.ws
I am happy I got a new bike and must sing a song due to it.
I noticed Mitchel has lost weight, he looks skinny now.

Well, it is that time of year again when Ragbrai rages over the State of
Iowa. I do not know which is more stupid. Ragbrai or the Tour de France. One
is all about touring and the other is all about racing. You have got to be
crazy to do either.

Hey guys,
I've been mountain biking for a few weeks and I seem to be having
trouble with two things. I crash when I'm either climbing a hill that
has a lot of rocks or obstacles and when I going down the same hill.

Anyone seen or heard from Booblepus?
I talked to the voices in my head and they told me he misses me.

The Bay Trail -- A Disaster for Wildlife
Michael J. Vandeman, Ph.D., wildlife activist
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
September 21, 2003

This is the Louisiana IndyFab guy. I wanted to let him know my vision
problem will be corrected this month. Cataract surgery on the 17th & 24th.
My eyes have been sh.t, but I'll be able to get my fat a.s back on the bike
soon enough.

Looks like a moutain lion will be killed because of a hiker.
www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_9875323?nclick_check=1
Rick

Frequently Asked Questions about Mountain Biking
Michael Vandeman, Ph.D.
Updated April 2, 2008
1. Why do people mountain bike?

Mountain bikers obviously have no sense! Not only to risk their own
safety, but to risk that of an innocent child is CRIMINAL.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=2937

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:02:25 -0700
Subject: The truth about mountain biking in a nutshell
The best recommended comment from the story about Kelowna's illegal
mtb courses. The truth. It happens here, too -- not just in the USA

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/07/14/biker-hits-tree-97319-
21336794/:
Biker hits tree
Jul 14 2008
A MOUNTAIN biker was airlifted to hospital after his bike crashed into

\http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2008/07/astrea_transports_injured
_bike.html:
The sheriff's ASTREA helicopter was called Saturday morning to
transport a 34-year-old man who suffered a suspected spinal-cord
injury in a mountain biking accident just north of Palomar ...