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[Bikingmomof3]

I assume you meant biking on roads near the Appalachian Trail. The AT is for foot travel only. I have personally enforced this rule. It can be enforced by federal marshals.

Oh yes, I most definitely meant the bike trails! I have done a very good search for: Road Bike Rides in and around Appalachian Mountains and there are plenty. I have a binder filled with trails and places I want to go.

People serioulsy bring their bikes on the footpaths? Why would anyone do that? I guess I should stop wondering why people do some of the things they do. It boggles the mind.

[DebW]

Oh yes, I most definitely meant the bike trails!

People seriously bring their bikes on the footpaths? Why would anyone do that? I guess I should stop wondering why people do some of the things they do. It boggles the mind.

I haven't heard of anyone intentionally planning a long bike trek on the AT. Sometimes they just wander off the bike trails or dirt roads, though I'm not sure how they miss all the signs that say "Foot Travel Only". But some of our signs say "Motor Vehicles Prohibited" and maybe they then assume that unmotorized vehicles are OK. The bikers I've encountered have been polite and turned around when I asked them to. The nicest was a young man doing some serious MTBing on Mt. Greylock. I met him where his bike/ski trail crossed the AT, and he carried his bike 100 yards down the AT to another trail. I'm convinced that he would have carried the bike even if I had not been there to remind him.

It's really the ATVs we have major problems with, and that cause major damage to the trail.