Thanks all.

I know you are right, that others should respect that I am not as skilled as they are on the bike, and not get annoyed that I may be disrupting their "flow" or time to get around the loop.

Like someone said, I think the women are friendlier than the men.

There is a primarily male mountain biking board for the CO Front Range that I sometimes read (but don't post on) and those guys really seem to have attitudes about others in their way. Like if they don't do the trail 2 seconds faster than they did the last time their whole world is ruined. There was a discussion primarily involving trail conflicts with hikers, and some were joking that they were going to get air horns on their bikes so the "b*tchs" who were hiking would get out of their way. Yes, I know they were joking...

I read all that and then go out on a trail and think that some a-hole guy is going to start screaming at me if I don't jump out of his way immediately, even when I'm on a bike too. Makes me want to stop riding. But these are the people that contribute to the bike bans in certain parks, so they are really ruining it for the rest of us.