Just A Thought

So with this weather we have been having how can one not ride a bike...I mean...one must..no excuses...well unless work and life get in the way...but really this is a oddity for us North Texans..so with that thought in mind I loaded up the rig and headed to the Trinity...where I noticed several things..if we ride our walk by ourselves we are pretty much obeying trail etiquette with out even trying..I mean we are riding in a single file line...to the right..pretty much using our space in the correct way..so a biker almost takes me out at a trail intersection...he was merging onto the main trail...failed to look left and when I announced myself he ignored me...the nerve I thought...as I swerved to avoid the collision I noted his earphones in his ears..hence why he could not hear me...wanker!

Several people waking side by side and as I announced myself they refused to get over..move into single file..pretty much refused...like I was invading a foreign country and they where going to defend it no matter what...so here are two examples of riders/hikers..both guilty of real bad trail etiquette..and you know what it reflects on all of us...perhaps they refused to get over because they almost got freight trained by the wanna be peloton that rips through the Trinity on a regular basis...I know they have almost taken the wife out once on their race for glory near Benbrook...the ones with the MBBC Jerseys...so perhaps the walkers are making a statement and stand against all bikers...kinda sucks...on one point I really can not blame them..on the other hand safety should always be first among all of us trail users...which brings me to the dude with the earphones..bro you almost took me out...simply because you chose to ride with some tunes floating through that space of your left and right ear...tuning out all activities going on around you..bad enough you could not hear anything but did not your mommy teach you to look both ways before merging onto a street or main lane of traffic..but I guess you do not have to because in your mind your special...people get hurt doing crap like that bro...if you want to ride with your Ipod cranked up so loud you can not hear whats going on around you I guess that's your right...if you want to leave the helmet at home..once again your right...but when you get freight trained do not be pointing fingers..and when you cause someone to get hurt...well that's is on you...to the rest of us riders/runners/walkers that obey the rules...thank you..as they say you can not fix STUPID!