Ionic-man

"IMBA has been involved in discussions about Wilderness and other forms of legislatively driven protections for public lands for decades. When mountain bikers are given a seat at the table in these discussions, important trails can be protected while finding common ground with those who are looking to create new conservation designations." Well if this passes, we might not have to come to the table anymore, we could be out riding more trails instead. This is nothing more than IMBA trying to justify their existence. A group that has never really accomplished anything. Now some Official comes along and offers something even better than the weak line in the sand they have been fighting for and they oppose it because it surpasses their 'dedades of DISCUSSIONS" (with absolutely no results) . I never joined them based on their weak stance on trail access, and this just makes me feel better for not supporting them.

@maxlombardy: Some of us live in states that have hundreds of thousands of wilderness acres. I will never understand some people's perception that hundreds of mountain bikers will be tearing down trails at break neck speeds if wilderness is opened to bikes. Most riders, if given the opportunity, would respect the area that they are newly-allowed-to-ride just to prove the communist Sierra club regime wrong. How is a mountain bike going to disrupt the peacefulness of deep country wilderness areas? Do you remember bear bells? Every hiker you ran into had those worthless things and it sounded like Santa Claus was following you down the trail. Is the squeak of a mt bike brake really going to ruin your day of hiking? They call that mesophonia and you can get treatment for that now...