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Article: Mountain bike litigation: navigating uncharted territory.(Brief Article)
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- Trial
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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Mountain bikes--in many ways two-wheeled versions of sport utility vehicles (SUVs)-- have become as madly popular as their four-wheeled SUV cousins. This is probably not a coincidence. For off-road enthusiasts who leave civilization behind in their Jeeps or Range Rovers, it's a natural extension to want to bike in that rugged terrain.
According to Patrick McCormick, marketing director for Bicycling Magazine in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 10.2 million people rode mountain bikes on roadways in 1997, which he likened to people commuting to work in SUVs. Another 6.5 million rode mountain bikes off-road. The figures are courtesy of the National Sporting Goods Association, ...