Originally Posted by
OmegaWolf
I was on a trail I had ridden many times. The trail I was on merges with another trail. They run along side each other with my trail about 8 inches lower than the other for about 30 yards (meters) before my trail narrows and ramps up to merge with the other trail. When I got to where they start to run along side each other I looked back up the other trail to see if anyone was coming.
As a fellow MPLS riders, I'm trying to figure out where you were riding. I'd be interested to know where this happened.
It sounds like the typical 'pathalete' that everybody hates. Like you said, MUPs are not the place for 'fast' riders. But we see it all the time.
My 'favorite' pathalete-rage was on the Midtown Greenway at Freewheel. We had stopped for drinks and food, as we walked out of the store a family was trying to cross the Greenway. The family looked both ways and it was clear, however, somebody's time-trailing (at twice the speed of most riders) on a busy trail, at a busy storefront ... and he isn't willing to slow, so he yells at the family "MOVE! GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
For those that don't live in the area, here's a picture of the store front and Midtown Greenway:
