Today's Ride

[gorgonzola]

Some peeps run ‘bear bells”, there are a few bad corners on out local track where I will talk sing or whistle a tune to let make others aware

 

[gorgonzola]

My favorite coffe and cinnamon roll break spot

 

[raisingarizona]

I don’t know about etiquette with blind corners but for trail building and design we try to open up sight lines to mitigate conflicts.

 

[Sbob]

Right side up, hospitality, upside down I am looking at your wife bro.

Question about right-of-way or rules or the road or whatever.

I am kind of surprised that this never happened before. Yesterday while riding the single track part of my ride I came to what I guess you could call a "blind corner" and had a collision with a young kid coming the other direction. I was scared but not hurt, he was unhurt too. Somehow my front wheel remained round too, not sure how that is even possible.

He assumed it was his fault, but I don't think so. He was going way faster than me and it was more him crashing into me than mutual but I still don't see that as making it his fault

Is there some kind rule or method to help prevent this? I can't imagine having a bell on my handlebars and ringing it when I came to a blind spot.

My Cousin was “going the wrong way “ on a motorcycle track and had a head on in a blind corner. He almost died with a shattered spleen while waiting for the ambulance.

Your incident could have been worse if you caught a handle bar in the abdomen.

I’m surprised this doesn’t happen a lot more. None of my local trails don’t have recommendations for direction.

I started walking on one of the trails a few weeks ago and turned around when I saw how overgrown the brush was.

 

[Harvey]

I don’t know about etiquette with blind corners but for trail building and design we try to open up sight lines to mitigate conflicts.

I wouldn't call this a trail that was built. It's sort of a traditional walking route through a big woods, that was beaten out years before MTB was really a thing. More bikes on it now than ever.

I’m surprised this doesn’t happen a lot more.

Me too. I think what I am realizing is that there are few blind corners and until recently fewer riders.

I will talk sing or whistle a tune

I will certainly pay attention in that spot.

 

[BRLKED]

I wouldn't call this a trail that was built. It's sort of a traditional walking route through a big woods, that was beaten out years before MTB was really a thing. More bikes on it now than ever.


Me too. I think what I am realizing is that there are few blind corners and until recently fewer riders.


I will certainly pay attention in that spot.

I started riding with a bell back in my Jersey days in Monmouth County , heavy laurel vegetation = many blind corners. To this day I have a bell on my bars a simple flick of the thumb on a blind corner or when overtaking.

 

[raisingarizona]

My Cousin was “going the wrong way “ on a motorcycle track and had a head on in a blind corner. He almost died with a shattered spleen while waiting for the ambulance.

Your incident could have been worse if you caught a handle bar in the abdomen.

I’m surprised this doesn’t happen a lot more. None of my local trails don’t have recommendations for direction.

I started walking on one of the trails a few weeks ago and turned around when I saw how overgrown the brush was.

Directional trails are where it’s at.

 

[Harvey]

There's a house on my ride. It's like the gatsby house you can't quite see it but it's huge and it's back there and there's people partying all the time. Whenever I ride by here there's merriment and tunes and never stops it's unbelievable.

 

[Harvey]

gatsby

Man the creek is low. Kind of pathetic I was worried about getting across it two or 3 weeks ago, rain the other night did zero.

2nd ride of the day

 

[2000yroldskier]

You should ring the bell ...introduce yourself as Nick .