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Ride Cameron Park Mountain Bike Clinic Set For This Weekend
Free Event Features Training, Group Rides And Xterra National Champion The City of Waco Parks and Recreation Department and Bicycles Outback invite women of all ages to take part in the 5th annual Ride Cameron Park.
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(Press release)
Waco, Texas (Nov. 4, 2009) – The City of Waco Parks and Recreation Department and Bicycles Outback invite women of all ages to take part in the 5th annual Ride Cameron Park.
The free mountain bike clinic will take place Saturday and Sunday across from Lover’s Leap in Cameron Park. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m Saturday.
Participants will ride demo bikes and take part in training sessions, group rides and bike games. The event will feature the latest Trek, Orbea and Specialized mountain bike equipment along with professional instructors.
This year’s special guest will be Shonny Vanlandingham. With 15 NORBA National race wins and three NORBA Series Championship titles, Vanlandingham is the most successful rider in NORBA history.
Camping areas, meals and entertainment are included. For a complete schedule or registration information, visit www.keepwacowacko.com or call 254-750-8057.
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I'll be there with SHOES on riding a Bike and probably even wipe out a few insects(hopefully not by swallowing them!). Consider this empowering for woman! Hey dude at least a bike gets people outside. There is room outside for all levels of interaction with 'outside'. Thats why there are baseball parks, soccer fields, walking trails, multi-use trails, horse trails, motorized dirt bike trials & paved multi-use roads. Off course since you are all about natural, animated objects.. I am wondering how you typed this into the internet with your stone pad & charcoal, & of course you wouldn't Drive to work or the grocery...because you are so very honest and natural. AYHSMB
Shoes are also inanimate objects without rights. I suggest that Mr. Vandeman walk barefoot and naked in any natural area. To do otherwise would be dishonest.
Bicycles should not be allowed in any natural area. They are inanimate objects and have no rights. There is also no right to mountain bike. That was settled in federal court in 1994: http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/mtb10 . It's dishonest of mountain bikers to say that they don't have access to trails closed to bikes. They have EXACTLY the same access as everyone else -- ON FOOT! Why isn't that good enough for mountain bikers? They are all capable of walking.... A favorite myth of mountain bikers is that mountain biking is no more harmful to wildlife, people, and the environment than hiking, and that science supports that view. Of course, it's not true. To settle the matter once and for all, I read all of the research they cited, and wrote a review of the research on mountain biking impacts (see http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/scb7 ). I found that of the seven studies they cited, (1) all were written by mountain bikers, and (2) in every case, the authors misinterpreted their own data, in order to come to the conclusion that they favored. They also studiously avoided mentioning another scientific study (Wisdom et al) which did not favor mountain biking, and came to the opposite conclusions. Those were all experimental studies. Two other studies (by White et al and by Jeff Marion) used a survey design, which is inherently incapable of answering that question (comparing hiking with mountain biking). I only mention them because mountain bikers often cite them, but scientifically, they are worthless. Mountain biking accelerates erosion, creates V-shaped ruts, kills small animals and plants on and next to the trail, drives wildlife and other trail users out of the area, and (worst of all) teaches kids that the rough treatment of nature is okay (it's NOT!). What's good about THAT? For more information: http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/mtbfaq .
