It depends on where you live. Equestrians in Oregon (Oregon
Equestrian Trails, in particular) are very supportive of mountain
biking. I was a member of OET as a mountain bike liaison, and they
were all friendly. I'll never forget the first OET meeting I
attended, when members were ripping a USFS staffer for a trail
closure up at Sandy. They said, loudly and often, that they wanted
access for equestrians AND mountain bikers.

Here in Tucson the two groups get along very well, too.

California is another story entirely. Equestrians there are selfish
and wield a lot of power in some areas.

If anybody in PUMP is horse-savvy or just would like to help, I'd
recommend hooking up with an OET chapter and seeing where the two
groups can work together.

--mark

On 1 Oct 2007 at 13:29, eric aldinger wrote:

> I have no issue with equestrians and they have shown no (open)
> animosity to me. I would rather pick fights with those who are obvious
> proponents of an archaic idea of public land access, like the Sierra
> Club.
>
> On 10/1/07, ujelang@... <ujelang@...> wrote:
> > The latest issue of Mountain Bike has arrived. On page 16 is a sidebar:
> > This Land is Your Land. Among other things it says:
> > "Once again, we're being assailed by other user groups, like equestrians,
> > who lump bikes in with motos."
> > "Federal and state land is your land- your taxes pay for it. It should be
> > open to any activity that doesn't threaten it's long-term, wild character."
> > The sidebar encourages people to sign up for IMBA's action alerts at
> > imba.com.
> >
> > We have to be active and vocal - the squeaky wheel gets the grease - if we
> > want to continue using singletrack on public lands. We have to be present
> > when land managers need help in building or repairing trails.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
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