Writes the author: "When it comes to mountain bikes, we might think, 'I pay my taxes, therefore I have a right to ride my bike on public lands.'  The conclusion I came to, after many years of self-righteous poaching, was the my idealism was bullshit."  Photo courtesy Walleater/Creative Commons: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Writes the author: "When it comes to mountain bikes, we might think, 'I pay my taxes, therefore I have a right to ride my bike on public lands.' The conclusion I came to, after many years of self-righteous poaching, was the my idealism was bullshit." Photo courtesy Walleater/Creative Commons: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0