Helped out another rider this morning after a crash. Approaching the wooden bridge at the outset of my ride, I noticed an oddly placed bike headlight-near or on the ground. As it was dark I had no perspective and couldn't really tell weather it was actually on the ground or just in the distance somewhere. As I approached I saw a guy collecting himself after crashing. I stopped, checked him out, helped him put his visor back on his helmet, and checked over his bike. He had hit the wood, slid into the chain handrail, and spun around 180 degrees before laying the bike down. He wasn't really injured (minor cuts, bruises) and appreciated that I stopped to help. He looked to have an all new bike and gear and I'm assuming he's a newbie to commuting (or at least this particular part of the trail), so I was more than willing to spend the few minutes with him. Many other riders and runners passed (a freak occurrance at this early hour) but none stopped to help, I guess at that point we just looked to be chatting. Any way, that's my good deed for the day. I hope it went a ways toward encouraging him to keep up the riding (if he was in fact a newbie).