Report looks very much like one side of the story only. Don’t be so quick to pile on.
I was only referring to ‘idiots’ in ‘our’ community if riders have been using foul language and throwing abuse at locals (as it is clearly alleged).
Other than that – well, it is not really that difficult, is it?
Getting changed in a public street / car park? Wrap a towel around when changing undercrackers – otherwise no different from cutting your garden hedge on a hot day with no shirt on.
Need a wee? Wait until you’re a few minutes up into the woods and the chances are that no one will ever know………..
Need something more substantial? Nip into the nearest public convenience (doesn’t have to be council run – most small supermarkets have a WC).
I’ve no doubt that 99% of this ‘story’ is NIMBYism, but we have to avoid feeding the NIMBYs.
Some of our local trails (that wouldn’t exist but for riders) are currently being used by dog walkers totally unnecessarily (who have no more or less right to be there than riders although the landowner has given a ‘I don’t know about this, right’ approval). They are simply itching for someone to get abusive so they can go running to the landowner complaining about ‘mountain biking louts’ or somesuch. It pains me, but being nice and polite and a bit deferential will make them realise they aren’t going to get a bite and so hopefully will go back to walking on the many other paths that are far more suitable.