TaraBara
Active Member
Lets start out by my ride last evening. I was riding my bike on a beautiful evening. I came around a corner and in the distance I see a woman with two dogs on a leash. I can see she is pulling her dogs to her side and sitting them down. I am going slow so she has time to do whatever it is she's trying to do. I then approach and realize her black lab is snarling, foaming at the mouth, snapping, and lunges for me. The woman was pulled down on the ground her dogs dragging her! This dog is snapping with hair straight up and I am 2ft from this dog. She very much almost lost the leash. I road past and said, "Oh my God!!! Oh my God!!! You have no control of the dog. This is dangerous!!!" As I am pulling away she screams at me, "There's a leash law I'm within my rights!!!" I continue on and my heart pounding. I was soooo scared. What do you all think? I had a nightmare last night about it. I was very lucky it could have turned out so different.
Then today, this incident being less scary but seemingly annoying. Let me start by saying I am a very cautious and courteous person. Or at least I believe so..... maybe I'm not? Ignorance is bliss right? I was out on a bike trail that is extremely busy Saturday mornings with hundreds of bikes, walkers, roller bladers, boarders, you name it they are there. Many people ride much faster than I do and certainly take bigger risks than I. So rounding a corner I come up on a elderly couple walking. They are taking up two thirds of the bike path and leave one third for oncoming bikers which are coming and prevent me from passing. I am behind them I slow almost to a stop and say "On your left" they do no move....I think maybe they are hard of hearing ( I mean that in no way to be offensive but some people can't hear well) So I repeat it and not shouting but definitely louder.... the guy turns I am now moving at a walking pace and says. Do you expect me to get off the road!!! ????....SLOW DOWN!!! Meanwhile the biker who is oncoming whizzes by 20 mph or so. I'm going walking speed. His wife smacks him. I tell him... I basically stopped for you I'm sorry. I mean all he had to do was step behind his wife and by no means would have chased him off the road. I ride single file with my biking friend to accommodate others. Is it so much to ask to just keep people safe? This sounds so much less like a big deal as I'm writing but if you were there you have thought a bike trail wasn't for bikers.
As I said, it was a sad couple of rides. Ugh....my heart is pounding just writing about it. It wont stop me....nothing is gonna get between me and my Ebike!!!
Then today, this incident being less scary but seemingly annoying. Let me start by saying I am a very cautious and courteous person. Or at least I believe so..... maybe I'm not? Ignorance is bliss right? I was out on a bike trail that is extremely busy Saturday mornings with hundreds of bikes, walkers, roller bladers, boarders, you name it they are there. Many people ride much faster than I do and certainly take bigger risks than I. So rounding a corner I come up on a elderly couple walking. They are taking up two thirds of the bike path and leave one third for oncoming bikers which are coming and prevent me from passing. I am behind them I slow almost to a stop and say "On your left" they do no move....I think maybe they are hard of hearing ( I mean that in no way to be offensive but some people can't hear well) So I repeat it and not shouting but definitely louder.... the guy turns I am now moving at a walking pace and says. Do you expect me to get off the road!!! ????....SLOW DOWN!!! Meanwhile the biker who is oncoming whizzes by 20 mph or so. I'm going walking speed. His wife smacks him. I tell him... I basically stopped for you I'm sorry. I mean all he had to do was step behind his wife and by no means would have chased him off the road. I ride single file with my biking friend to accommodate others. Is it so much to ask to just keep people safe? This sounds so much less like a big deal as I'm writing but if you were there you have thought a bike trail wasn't for bikers.
As I said, it was a sad couple of rides. Ugh....my heart is pounding just writing about it. It wont stop me....nothing is gonna get between me and my Ebike!!!