Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Road riding

I condition on bike trails, and we often see bikers.  Whenever I see one I 
haven't seen before (I often see them at the parking spot) I stop to pass the 
time a little.  then I ask them if they know what to do if they come up on a 
horse and rider.  Most of them don't and are happy for the education.  They 
have regular mountain bike races in spring and fall at both of my favorite 
conditioning sites, and I always ask when the races will start, and how they 
marked their trails so I can be careful to get out of the way.  There are so 
many different trails at one site that it's pretty easy for us all to 
coexist, even on a race day.  

Only one time have I had a biker go zipping by with no warning, and sure 
enough, our horses spooked a bit (spook in place).  A few minutes later his 
buddy came by going much slower, and stopped to chat.  I was pretty mad, and 
told him how RUDE I thought his friend was, and talked about what to do 
around horses.  Well, the second guy must have really let the first guy have 
it, because when we got back to the parking spot, the first guy came hustling 
over to apologize.  He told us that by the time he noticed us, he was pretty 
close, so he figured the best thing was to just keep going without saying 
anything.  He was more than happy to find out what to do next time.  jeri

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