IMBA Drinks Wilderness Kool-Aid

On January 8, 2009 The General posted a mountain-bike oriented OHV War history lesson for land-use newbies who ride both mountain-bikes and OHVs.

See Jan. 8 Mtn.Bike OHV War History Lesson
http://thegeneralsrecreationden.blogspot.com/2010/01/mountain-bike-history-lesson-in-ohv.html

Recently, BRC issued an Alert regarding a new Wilderness push in Congress – an effort that not surprisingly has the support of IMBA.

See BRC Alert on Wilderness Push
http://www.sharetrails.org/alerts/?alert=1107

What should be bothering many of you who are mountain-bikers is that IMBA has joined this ill-advised congressional push for more Wilderness quality lands to be managed as de facto Wilderness -- a land management prescription that by the way bans both mountain-bike and motorized uses.

See IMBA Effort in Support of de facto Wilderness
http://www.imba.com/news/action_alerts/01_10/01_15_Grijalva_letter_action.html

If I was a hard-core mountain-biker, I would be asking just what the heck is going on at IMBA. I believe that organization is going through some sort of identity crisis. IMHO, they should be joining forces with BRC and other access groups as enviros seek to close state and federal recreation sites to ALL uses including mountain-biking.

The Vichy French taught us that siding with your enemy is not a good long-term military strategy. The General believes IMBA should study history before launching pro-Wilderness initiatives.