[Closed] Mini Rant -Person walking their dog on a red route...

What a lovely lady.

I came across a family having a pootle down hully gully at gisburn a few weeks ago. I was off the trail helping a mate fix a puncture but all 5 of them stopped to get off bikes and push down a section. They were so lucky they didn't get wiped out.

In those circumstances I'd be tempted to tell her "OK, in which case I can do what I want to", and find something to do with the dog egg...

I'd happily sacrifice a riding glove to teach that bint a lesson.

Did she actually pick it up though? Or did you get on your high horse before she even had the chance?

I've had people do this to me on a pavement walk with the dog and it annoyed the hell out of me.

all 5 of them stopped to get off bikes and push down a section. They were so lucky they didn't get wiped out.

Maybe they didn't feel they were up to the challenge...its the taking part..sorry they ruined your day !

[b]Unfitgeezer[/b] never said they ruined my day but they were well out of their depth. I wouldn't dream of taking family members down a black route unless i knew it and knew they were capable.

I apologise sir

Is hully gully a black?

but they were well out of their depth. I wouldn't dream of taking family members down a black route unless i knew it and knew they were capable.

And they probably wouldn't either. People make mistakes, and rather than attempting to ride it they got off and pushed. Did you offer to take the kids bikes down to the bottom so that the parents could get the kids down safely?

As to OP: did you give her time to instigate cleaning up? However I would have been saying to her that it's a designated mtb trail, and therefore people wouldn't be expecting to come across a walker, and that her actions increase the chances of an accident.

I once almost crashed into a girl on a horse riding the wrong way on a singletrack section of the Marin Trail.
We had a little chat about how nice it was to be out in the forest on a nice sunny day and carried on as normal.
Did we get it wrong?

you totally did you should have shouted at her and told her off etc etc

letting the side down

No, you should have posted on here about how upset you were.

I can sympathise. I came across a runner running UP the final descent on the wall at Afan. He refused to move off the trail. We had words. He ran off. If I see him again, I'm riding into him.

Pick up dog egg and make her eat it, then take a run up and ride over her repeatedly at full speed, fair game if the stupid bint is in the middle of a dedicated trail!

I just feel for you having to ride the marin, it's so dull!

You should have rubbed her face in it.. Or smeared it over the dog... Or both

I've had a close call or two, normally just advise it's a bike trail and people can be travelling at speed.

Given I ride footpaths I can't exactly go ape shit with folk.

Mostly I find it mildly irritating, like when the last biscuit in the packet is broken or you realise you've opened a bag of crisps 'upside down'.
A few of sections of QECP trails run through areas popular with families & the like and often have people on them. Can be a bit irksome as they do spoil the flow but as said by someone else I am usually on my way to a trail I am not supposed to be on so I can't really argue.
If they are on a fast bit I may say to them that they should watch out for bikes but I won't say that they shouldn't be on the trail as generally people don't like being told what they shouldn't be doing so their reaction is usually not a nice one. I'm out on my bike to have fun, not to get wound up by stuff...
I guess if you only ever ride on permitted trails, never on the pavement etc... You have the right to moan but otherwise, suck it up, princess...

I just feel for you having to ride the marin, it's so dull!

This

...and 25 years ago people complained about bikes being ridden on 'their' 'dedicated' paths...

Take pictures of her, the dog and the waste and report her, she should be picking the waste up.

Then get back on bike and go enjoy your ride...

I just feel for you having to ride the marin, it's so dull!

I feel sorry for people who are so dull they cant eek enjoyment from the Marin for what it is, riding bikes in a great spot of countryside.

Although it's a stupid place to walk your dog, I don't believe that a cyclist has anymore right to be there than someone on foot. This might not be true 100% of the time.

I know that in Scotland all of FC trail centres are not technically "bike only". You are perfectly entitled to walk on them if you wish.

Regular hazard at Cwmcarn, has got worse since the walking and cycling trails on the Twrch side have been closed. I've given up telling them it's a bike-only trail and now just warn them to look out of low-flying gnarpoons 😀

I know that in Scotland all of FC trail centres are not technically "bike only". You are perfectly entitled to walk on them if you wish

I can't believe we're this far down and the phrase 'hoof her in the slats' hasn't arisen.

You lot are rubbish.

We encountered a group of old giffers walking up a red Singletrack section at Gisburn. We stopped and politely explained that they were on marked mountain bike trails, and that if any of the fast boys come down, instead of us mincers, they'd probably wipe them out. For our trouble we received an indignant lecture on how it was their divine right to walk wherever they liked.

Mrs Binners was doing the blue and came round a corner on the raised Boardwalk section to see the same group walking up it. She went off the side trying to avoid them. They didn't apologise or offer to help as she lay in a boggy heap with her bike on top of her.

According to her, she developed a whole new vocabulary of sweary-ness at that point

Yes its dangerous walking the trails etc but not everyone is an expert MTB'er. Maybe the experts show a little more tolerance. People may get off and walk sections that are beyond them.

hully gully at gisburn a black? Its a three lane motor way!

Yes. But why would you?

Why not? They are nice paths through the woods. There are a ffair few of the trails at Inners and GT that are shared use.

As for the Hully Gully incident up there ^. Why are people flying into sections blind? What would happen if that family were replaced by someone lying on the trail with broken bones following a crash?

It they're already broken it doesn't really matter if you ride over them.

Here's the black

ROLF 😀

Is it a child with a broken cheek?

I think we need a bit more love and tolerance in the world....OP, poo on the path? Considering the worlds problems? Really worth getting het up about? Just another obstacle to ride over/round surely...

Last weekend there was an orienteering event on at Hicks Lodge. Random orienteerists crashing out the bushes in front of you or appearing round bermed switchbacks running towards you made the blue route far more challenging than usual.

No obvious signage warning everyone to watch out for each other

Why not? They are nice paths through the woods. There are a ffair few of the trails at Inners and GT that are shared use.

Really. Which ones are designated as shared use?

Really worth getting het up about? Just another obstacle to ride over/round surely...

#learntomanual 😉

You indeed have a point. I've just spent the last few days in Denmark, where people are so much [i]nicer[/i]

Meanness has become a set part of THE British culture, unfortunately. I've been guilty of it. We probably all need to show a lot more love and compassion kids.. 😀

I realise I'm not an xxxxxtreme legend like some people here, and agree that people going the wrong way up a trail is dangerous, but if you're going so fast you can't stop if the trail is blocked (by lost families pushing bikes down), surely you're going too fast?

Meanness has become a set part of THE British culture, unfortunately

Mini rant, well executed.

I reckon I'd have probably chucked it at her. Doesn't make me an angel, but sometimes the perfect opportunity for a bit of ironic retribution, with little chance of getting caught presents itself, and has to be taken.

Well worth a glove!

Some people have no brains, and you can't reason with them because https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

I once happened across a pile of bikes strewn across the start of a dedicated singletrack. Halfway down with the bit between my teeth (ie, a speed nominally above 'mince') I encountered their owners. A family were playing hide-and-seek in the woods. Yes, small children were [i]deliberately hiding in the bushes[/i] and randomly darting out across the track whilst their proud parents watched on. FFS.

That was the same day I was convinced someone was stalking me through the woods armed with a rocket-propelled spaniel cannon.

I just feel for you having to ride the marin, it's so dull!

[quote=edenvalleyboy ]I think we need a bit more love and tolerance in the world....OP, poo on the path? Considering the worlds problems? Really worth getting het up about? Just another obstacle to ride over/round surely...

Ah, whataboutery.

You ride over it if you want. I prefer not to. It's a pretty disgusting attitude from the owner IMHO. Love and tolerance starts from people not doing things like leaving dog mess everywhere.

Aracer - are your wheels clean? Cos I bet they spread all kinds of stuff over the land you cycle. How about the way your bike was made - lot of polutants in the process...i wonder if your bike drips oil at all...how about when you drive to your bike ride..spreading noxious fumes everywhere...we all do bad things so I suggest getting upset about a bit of dog poo is pretty ignorant to our own dirty habits...

Ah, more whataboutery

edenvalleyboy - Member
Aracer - are your wheels clean? Cos I bet they spread all kinds of stuff over the land you cycle. How about the way your bike was made - lot of pollutants in the process...i wonder if your bike drips oil at all...how about when you drive to your bike ride..spreading noxious fumes everywhere...we all do bad things so I suggest getting upset about a bit of dog poo is pretty ignorant to our own dirty habits...

Indeed, but all that other bollocks you spouted isn't going to flick up into my grid. I can deal with the gritty mix of mud and water, but shit? **** off.

Ah whataboutery, my new bollocks appear to have flown right over your head moose.... 😆

Ha. Brilliant! I wasn't really fussed about her being on the trail, (as it was uphill and i didn't want to show any weakness by getting off and pushing) it was her foul language and nastyness. I mean there could have been baby robins in the vacinity ffs.
anyway, scared she may have been a middle aged master of kung foo ery I minced off up the trail, muttering. 😀

it was uphill and i didn't want to show any weakness by getting off and pushing