Quote Originally Posted by roshelleuop View Post
But to add (I might tick some people off by saying this), but if you are going to go for a bike ride and you are going over 20mph, I'm sorry, but you don't belong on the trails!!!!!!! There has been so many times (usually men cyclists~actually I've only seen men cyclists do this) that FLY past me at 25 mph on the trails and almost take me out either running or on my bike . With all those twists and turns on trails, I just don't think it's safe. Anyone agree?

Just my 2 cents.
Roshelle from Milwaukee
There is a state bike trail at an Oregon state park where I rode a lot this summer. I asked a head ranger specifically about the rules of the trail, because I witnessed many accidents and I had three very close encounters myself. The ranger said it is a bike trail, and though it is multi-use, the bikes have the right of way. If someone or a family blocks the trail, and they cause the bicyclist to crash, then those people are liable, not the bicyclist. The speed of the bicycle is not relevant because the trail is posted that it is for bicycles.

The rangers said what usually causes the accidents are family groups using the bike trails with very young children on tricycles and toy bikes, and the trikes veer in front of the bikers, or a biker comes around a curve and the trail is clogged with the toy bikes, and there is a crash. Another cause of the accidents are walkers and joggers who spread out across the trail, or walk down the middle, blocking the trail for the bicyclists. The ranger said when they write up the citations, the fault goes to the people blocking the trail, and when the bikers take the people to court for medical costs and other damages, the court finds in the bikers' favor.

Darcy