Argggggggh Walkers!

spongtastic

met quite a few people today, passed horse riders slowly, stopped for over enthusiastic labradors, tried to go slowly past the wild horses they've released into the forest.

Stupid F**KING walker decided to step out into the middle of the trail, hold his arm up and told me to 'Get off you bike you idiot, they're not allowed here' I tried to tell him that

A: Its forestry commission land and bikes are allowed
B: The marker 30 yards further on was for the 10 mile cycle trail that I was on.
C: It's not a good idea to step out infront of a bike, even a slow one, as a less confident rider may fall off.

B**STARDS wife is standing there taking my photo. Mr Walker then says that he'll report me to the Police for assault as his wife has filmed the whole thing.

I walked round as he started swearing and waving his arms around like something from Dads Army, then rode off and told the old idiot where to stick the phone, his wife wouold get much more fun on vibrate than he'll ever give her.

Thewaylander

Fair play mate.

I nearly killed a couple of girls with there dogs of the leash on the last down of Skyline on sunday just. Didn't stop but still!

bails87

"Walkers"? I think that must be a typo

stubs

Most walkers I come across are very pleasant but the odd tosser can really ruin your day. Luckily they are pretty rare.

schmako

They're not walkers, they're douchebags. I would've told them to fark off and moved along.

angry_bird

Report you for assault, why? Did you hit him?

snotty badger

As Stubs says most are good people just a few are right cunts.
Had good banter with a few of them.

I tend to ignore the arsehioles- they just want confrontation to hate MTBers even more.

angry_bird

I'd flip at them and start talking jibberish, that would send them running, but thats because I'm in a bad mood today

normally i'd either be polite although i have throw my bike at someone before when my temper got the better of me (not to hurt them just as part of a tantrum )... i also get very badly repremanded for my behaviour in tennis matches, apparently throwing rackets at the opponents isn't good etiquette :roll:

projectsome

the best way to deal with walkers is to greet them before they get the chance to get angry

If I'm out riding by myself "I'd shout morning sir/miss." if I'm riding from behind. They normally turn around, clear a path to which I shout "thanks."

I'm yet to have any problems with walkers using this method

edhornby

I have left the bell on my mountain bike, it's amazing how a ding of a bell is acceptable, even though saying 'morning' or 'excuse me' isn't acceptable.

'Coming through' works for other cyclists but just winds up walkers, but then again a very small minority are just wa*kers

Briggo

edhornby wrote:

I have left the bell on my mountain bike, it's amazing how a ding of a bell is acceptable, even though saying 'morning' or 'excuse me' isn't acceptable.

Its ridiculous the amount of times I've been told by the older folk to put a bell on my bike despite shouting "excuse me" which they heard and moved out of the way for.

Why, why do I need a bell when you heard me say excuse me?

Idiots.

stubs

Never mind walkers how about bloody fishermen ARggggggggh. Went for a spin on the Leeds Liverpool canal and there was a couple of dozen maggot drowners with there bloody 90 foot long carbon poles across the towpath plus each one seemed to have a medium sized shipping container on wheels for all there tackle and bait.

By the time I had made my way past it would have been quicker to jump in the canal and swim past. Each fisherman was more miserable than the last Jeez if it makes you that miserable dont do it sour faced feckers.

Next time I wont get off my bike I will just ride over there £1000 fishing poles by the time I have ridden over a couple the rest of the shower will have got the message :twisted:

MarkDon

I ride & i walk, you get tosser riders aswell as walkers remember.

I hate the whole thing that if you are on a bike, you think walkers are tossers, yet if you are walking, bikers are tossers.

I've been walking along to have a biker come flying along behind me and clip me, then shout at me for not getting out of the way. no eyes in the back of my head mate, sorry.

When im on my bike, i slow down for walkers, and give a bit of a shout when approaching.

Its common sense, but its a shame there are idiots from both sets of people who think they are right, and the other group have no right to be there.

Lesson - be polite, if that fails, head down & crack on.

Andy

ouchthathurts wrote:

I'd flip at them and start talking jibberish, that would send them running, but thats because I'm in a bad mood today

normally i'd either be polite although i have throw my bike at someone before when my temper got the better of me (not to hurt them just as part of a tantrum )... i also get very badly repremanded for my behaviour in tennis matches, apparently throwing rackets at the opponents isn't good etiquette :roll:

What an idiot

Laurence25

Walker make me angry , Very angry so before I smash my key bored in an angry rage I will leave....

projectsome

MarkDon wrote:

I ride & i walk, you get tosser riders aswell as walkers remember.

I hate the whole thing that if you are on a bike, you think walkers are tossers, yet if you are walking, bikers are tossers.

I've been walking along to have a biker come flying along behind me and clip me, then shout at me for not getting out of the way. no eyes in the back of my head mate, sorry.

When im on my bike, i slow down for walkers, and give a bit of a shout when approaching.

Its common sense, but its a shame there are idiots from both sets of people who think they are right, and the other group have no right to be there.

Lesson - be polite, if that fails, head down & crack on.

+SPIKE

bails87

I hate Walkers. McCoys are much better.

projectsome

bails87 wrote:

I hate Walkers. McCoys are much better.

I was waiting for that

_Ferret_

everyone is a tosser!

biker, walker, runner, dog walker - there are tossers everywhere.

My favorite so far is coming back from walking my dog and getting a friendly hello from a fellow dog walker starting their walk. I got into my biking gear and went out for a round on the bike and met the same dog walker who shouted abuse at me!

captainfly

Just be calm, ask them if they are the land owner or an agent of the land owner, if they say yes ask for proof and identification, if they have this be polite appologise and offer to get off their land as quickly as possible causing the minimal damage and inform them you are going to enquire about the route as in may be a right of way on the definitiv map and if not an unrecored right of way that needs putting on. If however they are not of have no proof tell them it is no business of theirs and ride off.

spongtastic

I'm always calm, people at work call me Spock for good reason. I also walk and ride horses, the worst cnuts are the corsa brigade on the roads but there is nothing worse than a militant MEMBER of the redsocks.