Originally Posted by
JeremyLC
I'm not the only one the trail. I saw, at least, a half dozen other riders going just as fast on the same trail. It is expected that there are fast moving bikes. It is NOT expected that people will be walking and riding the wrong way down the trail. I generally slow down around other trail users, too. These folks didn't do ANYTHING to mitigate, they just stopped and stared at me.
Glad no one was seriously injured.
Note that it is called a speed
limit for a reason... From your description you were traveling excessively fast. Sure the pedestrians contributed to the accident, but so did you... What if instead of pedstrians it had been a fallen limb or some other obstruction? By your own admission you couldn't stop in time, therefore you were going too fast.
As to other riders going the same speed... I'm sure you remember what parents tell their children when they make such a claim...
As to their stopping and staring, I would guess that there wasn't a lot of time to react (speed ~ 30 feet per second)... There is a reason the startled response is called
fright or flight.