Trail etiquette

stb222 said:
Blue and white?

Blue and Yellow?
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DG is rarely photographed in the wild. impressive find.

(i get freaked out riding down those rocks)
 
w_b said:
I came upon a train of hossisses moving towards me on the trail the other day at Allaire. It was a tight trail, and I could hear the riders huffing and puffing and hemming and hawing about "the biker" about to eff up their ride. Imagine their surprise when I popped up off the trail, pulling my bike up away from them, in one smooth full swoop motion; then as they passed I waved and smiled and wished them a good hoss day and they couldn't even reply with their usual "I'm a hossessis rider, entitled to shit on the trails whenever I want" comment.

Killin em with kindness. And horse crap.
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your story is one of the reasons that I surmise that a large proportion of mountain bikers act like idiots.

almost every time I display simple courtesy to other trail users (e.g., getting off the bike for a horse, announcing my desire to pass a hiker and passing them slowly) a very common reaction I get from them is SHOCK. they act so surprised that I actually acted with decency. just makes me think - what the hell are the other mtbers doing?

riding through a very crowded Belmar over the weekend I had a number of surprised reactions when I stopped (just as the cars did) for pedestrians crossing with the crosswalks - "ohhhh, thanks" they were stunned that I didn't blast past them.

not trying to sound high and mighty, I just do what is expected (nothing more) and in the case of stop signs, lights and crosswalks what is the law. so its just weird (and disappointing) when that surprises people.
 
Supermoto said:
The FS makes it easier to stay in control when running over other trail users. 1st rule of trail etiquette...stay in control
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One way to show hikers that you are in control is to, pop a wheelie or a manual, turn your wheel at a 45 degree angle, giving them the opportunity to high five your tire. It shows you are in control and extends a welcoming jesture
 
stb222 said:
One way to show hikers that you are in control is to, pop a wheelie or a manual, turn your wheel at a 45 degree angle, giving them the opportunity to high five your tire. It shows you are in control and extends a welcoming jesture
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this did not work in 2001:space odyssey

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I had a different kind of encounter with a hiker today. I'm out in Blauvelt riding my unicycle, so I'm not going very fast at all as this isn't about speed and running people over. I came around a corner and there's this lady squatting down right on the side of the trail taking a dump. Like I can see the backside of France and what is coming out of it. Needless to say the sudden distraction caused me to fall off my unicycle. I quickly had to figure out for myself the proper etiquette for the situation. The three things that came to mind were, 1) Turn around and give her the privacy that she thought she had and as quick as I thought it I said no. 2) Get back on the Uni and ride by like nothing was happening. Or 3) stop and give her a lecture about sanitation and just how gross it to leave your excrement 1' off a trail. And I'm sure she was also doing the same, finish business? Pull pants up with out finishing business? Pretend like nobody is there?

Being as startled as she was I gave her notice that I was there and got back on my uni then rode by. I think she was plenty em-Bare-Assed by the encounter. In retrospect I probably should have stopped and lectured her cause what she was doing was 1000% gross. And the trail is a lollipop, I saw her mess, unburried on the way back out.

I wish I wasn't alone and she had to endure a line of people going by.

(Its more fun catching people having sex.)
 
As I approach a hiker I always announce myself by saying hello. At times they still get startled, especially the trail runners wearing headphones. I run I9 hubs, their loud, one time a women got scared thinking it was a rattlesnake, this week a women thought she was hearing cicadas.

We need to be extra courteous & careful.
 
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MuniMan said:
I had a different kind of encounter with a hiker today. I'm out in Blauvelt riding my unicycle, so I'm not going very fast at all as this isn't about speed and running people over. I came around a corner and there's this lady squatting down right on the side of the trail taking a dump. Like I can see the backside of France and what is coming out of it. Needless to say the sudden distraction caused me to fall off my unicycle. I quickly had to figure out for myself the proper etiquette for the situation. The three things that came to mind were, 1) Turn around and give her the privacy that she thought she had and as quick as I thought it I said no. 2) Get back on the Uni and ride by like nothing was happening. Or 3) stop and give her a lecture about sanitation and just how gross it to leave your excrement 1' off a trail. And I'm sure she was also doing the same, finish business? Pull pants up with out finishing business? Pretend like nobody is there?

Being as startled as she was I gave her notice that I was there and got back on my uni then rode by. I think she was plenty em-Bare-Assed by the encounter. In retrospect I probably should have stopped and lectured her cause what she was doing was 1000% gross. And the trail is a lollipop, I saw her mess, unburried on the way back out.

I wish I wasn't alone and she had to endure a line of people going by.

(Its more fun catching people having sex.)
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Should have given her the news paper to read.
 
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