The sport of mountain biking originated around 1974 and the first production bike was commercially produced around 1984, the mountain bike was different from the previous cycles because of the construction of the frame, sturdier, wider tyres with improved knobbly grip and sealed bearing so dirt could not effect them. Managers of natural areas consider recreational impacts along trails and on campsites to be their most common management problem (Godin and Leonard 1979, Washburne and Cole 1983). …
