Volcano Bombing Outlawed
By Rocky Thompson on October 15th, 2007
The National Park Service suspended commercial bike tours from the peak of Haleakala down the side of the volcano after the third fatal accident this year. It’s still open to riders who want to shuttle their bikes to the top of the mountain in their rented Seabring convertible, but they’ll have to supply their own brightly colored jumpsuits and futuristic white helmets. These volcano-proof suits are probably causing all the problems—pants getting stuck in chains, people putting on helmets backwards. It might be time to update the equipment, these people look like 1970’s mountain bike racers who need to repack their hubs halfway down.
via Bike Hugger
Follow these guys to the next Republican (what pollution?) Convention.
hot damn! I brought my own minibike there a year ago - one of the funnest descents ever! Those rented tours looked like an alien invasion though. Check pics and video from my trip here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabrielamadeus/tags/haleakala/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKZV2GLzc28
I did this lame excuse for a tourist adventure. It totally SUX!!!! the tour guides would not even get out of the van to explore the crater on top of Haleakala and they had these totally unprepared/unmaintained “Worksman” bikes that were so lame I couldn’t believe they would allow them on the road. To top it off I got stuck with a bunch of flatlanders from the midwest that would squeal like nancygirls if they hit 15 mph ( we had to stay in a group although nobody could ride a straight line, even the guides)!! They threatened to kick me off when I was bunny hopping out of drainage swales because I was so bored…. Damn, it was BAD…..the next time I went to a local shop and rented a fairly decent road bike, what a HUGE difference! Try it, you’ll be glad you took control…..