What would you do? Illegal motorcyclists on cyclepath

[allabouteva]

Well, DH and I were cycling on this new cycleway which was specifically built along side Sydney's newest major ringroad called the M7. Link here:

http://www.westlinkm7.com.au/Safety-SafetyClub.asp

Beautiful day, a few cyclists and pedestrians about, and we come across a couple of beefy big boys riding those mini motorbikes looking pretty stoopid....I'm pretty sure they were illegally riding on a cyclepath built specifically for pedestrians and cyclists.

Well, they looked a bit like wannabe bikies, and both DH and I didn't say anything... Wasn't sure if we would be able to outride them, if we told them off.

Felt a bit chicken after we passed them, they were going the other way.. Did sort of looked at them though like

Just want to know, did I do the right thing? What would be the right thing to say to sort of tell them off, but not get myself killed?

[Nanci]

Carry a cell phone and call the police. It's probably best not to get into a confrontation- you just never know. They are probably well aware that they aren't supposed to be there, but would not see you as an authority figure who ought to be telling them what to do.

Nanci

[Susan126]

Good advice Nanci . . . my husband and I were riding with four other friends on some state land that was posted no motorized vehicles. Just bikes, hikers, and horses. Well we ran across three guys on dirt bikes and of course the guys told them they were not allowed on the trails. Some words were exchanged and they rode off. We thought that was the end of it. But then we heard their motors approaching again, and they zoomed by us and intentionally drove through huge mud puddles and sprayed all of us! They spun their wheels and threw gravel our way too. Then sped off laughing. We were lucky we just got mud and gravel. But I always carry a cell phone whether I am on my road bike or somewhere in the woods on my mountain bike (usually there is no signal when I'm mountain biking) and just report it to the sheriff or ranger.

[Popoki_Nui]

This is a real problem near my home....just half a kilometer away is a motorcycle club, and some of the smaller-brained members can't resist riding their motorcycles on the bike trail that runs nearby.
I carry a cheapo digital camera on my rides....usually to take pix of interesting things I see...but nothing gets a moron on a motorbike off the trail faster that having his picture taken. Works every time.
~Sherry

[allabouteva]

Yeah, I figured a confrontation was probably not a good idea... They were such DHes (the OTHER meaning! )..

One of them, looked a bit sheepish, not to mention stoopid.