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The massive 160-bill Public Lands Omnibus Management Act signed into law by President Obama last week brings mixed news for backcountry mountain bikers. Though the act creates millions of new acres of wilderness in the United replica Cartier w62018v1 watch States it also slashes 75 miles of prized singletrack trail, according to a press release on the International Mountain Biking Association website.Singletrack--too narrow for bikers to ride side by side--is considered one of the most intimate and sought after styles of track.

The majority of track will be cut from West Virginia’s Wild Monongahela Wilderness and Californias Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wilderness.The IMBA had lobbied strongly for bicycle-friendly designations to protect singletrack replica Cartier w62025v3 watch access and natural resources, but the final bill included only a small percentage of our recommendations, the press release read.[However], one of the Act’s biggest benefits is the use of multiple, creative solutions to protect bicycle access and the environment, the statement continued.

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