Boxer bike ban

While US Senator Barbara Boxer probably has good intentions with her bill that would designate 300,000 acres as federal wilderness, it's a shame that she believes mountain bikes have no place there. As Bicycle Retailer reports, Boxer's bill is likely to pass the Senate this week, starting the process to cutting access to 170 miles of singletrack trail in Northern California. Read the story here: http://209.11.49.239/bicycleretailer/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000817831

A better solution would be to accommodate mountain bikes on designated singletrack and offer stiff penalties to those who leave the trail. If the trails already exist, not much will be accomplished by chasing cyclists off of them.