Got my first ride in today after a month. Started the morning a little rough as i broke the head off my presta core. Damn. Had about 15psi so I rode anyway.
Caught up to a horseback rider just east of rocky ridge. Rang my bell but no response. Rang again, still nothing. Got closer and heard her radio blaring. Rang again and got her attention. She stopped and asked if I could get around. Np. I got off the bike and walked into the brush and around her. A couple min later I hear yelling and screaming behind me. I turn around to see her and her steed barreling at 25 mph ? maybe out of control. I dart off the trail immediately and watch her fly by as she is failing to control her horse. Within seconds she is around a bend and out of sight. I continue on and eventually find her cowboy hat on the trail. Uh oh... I pick it up and proceed but it is difficult to use the front brake with that hand. I'm wondering if she's ok when I see her heading back towards me. The horse seems to be under control. She says she was coming back for the hat and thanks me. I start to reach out to her in front, and she warns me to hand it to her from the side or back as that spooks her horse. I hand it to her from the side and ask her what happened. She says something really sppooked her horse. It's Starting to get agitated again so I take off again.
Just before the end of my ride I came up on a hiker. I rang. Nothing. Rang again. Nothing. Eventually I see the ear buds, wait for a widening in the trail then carefully proceed around her.
Another morning on the pmp.
Hope the horseback rider made it safely to wherever she was going.
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Caught up to a horseback rider just east of rocky ridge. Rang my bell but no response. Rang again, still nothing. Got closer and heard her radio blaring. Rang again and got her attention. She stopped and asked if I could get around. Np. I got off the bike and walked into the brush and around her. A couple min later I hear yelling and screaming behind me. I turn around to see her and her steed barreling at 25 mph ? maybe out of control. I dart off the trail immediately and watch her fly by as she is failing to control her horse. Within seconds she is around a bend and out of sight. I continue on and eventually find her cowboy hat on the trail. Uh oh... I pick it up and proceed but it is difficult to use the front brake with that hand. I'm wondering if she's ok when I see her heading back towards me. The horse seems to be under control. She says she was coming back for the hat and thanks me. I start to reach out to her in front, and she warns me to hand it to her from the side or back as that spooks her horse. I hand it to her from the side and ask her what happened. She says something really sppooked her horse. It's Starting to get agitated again so I take off again.
Just before the end of my ride I came up on a hiker. I rang. Nothing. Rang again. Nothing. Eventually I see the ear buds, wait for a widening in the trail then carefully proceed around her.
Another morning on the pmp.
Hope the horseback rider made it safely to wherever she was going.
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