I live in a large city so the local trails I ride on are often overrun with hikers. Usually there's not a serious problem except for the weekend when the club rides come out (up to 30 riders at a time). Anyway, yesterday I was riding a short steep stair when a hiker in front of me suddenly stopped. It was either brake or ram. I chose to brake, screwed up my weight, too much on the front brake and...mountain bikers really do know how to fly. Didn't hurt anything but got some nasty rash on my leg. Have any of you had any of these suddent meeting with hikers or pedestrians? Post your pedestrian/hiker mishap stories please.