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Originally Posted by MikeD
...he basically had all the trails to himself in the old days, then when mountain bikes/biking took off, he experienced closed trails and access problems to private property, etc. A lot of the good trails he rode suddenly became off limits...
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There is a lot to this. A handful of guys coming through the Santa Cruz Mountains (how many square miles?) once in a blue moon was not a problem. Several 1000 every weekend quickly became one. The various parks and open spaces quickly adopted regulations and limitations, rightly so.