Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
All the more reason to avoid MUPs like the plague - especially on nice days when everyone one is out there.
We have a path like this where I live. I LOVE it for running, but HATE it for biking. Too many erratic walkers, kids (walking and on bikes...no helmets, of course ), dogs on leashes stretching across the width of the path, slower cyclists weaving along. *shudder*

This story is sad, but from the few times I have biked on the public path (it's the only way to get across a river without being on the 4-lane business route) I've come up behind people and called out "on your left/right" many times and had them move into my path (or they yakking on the cell phone or have their iPod cranked and can't hear me at all). I don't know why it is, but people seem to become a little mentally slow when given warning and lose all common sense. I would not be the least bit surprised if this cyclist did call out a warning and instead of moving safely away from the cyclist's path she moved the opposite/wrong direction.