EVERYONE on the trails needs to be responsible, I rode with a guy I just met a couple weeks ago and as we approached a hiker and his leashed dog on a single track trail, my fellow rider didn't slow down(we were flying pretty good)and he left this hiker on his back in the bushes with his dog now loose as he couldn't hold him while he fell. I stopped and helped him up, got the dog back under control, apologized profusely, and rode on. When I met up with that dude later I started kinda reading him the riot act, he called me a wimp and took off. This was in a state park. We need to promote all the goodwill we can to make up for the idiots, same with dog owners, they need to help by telling other dog folks what they are doing wrong IMHO.....tom