Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
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!"
I've had a similar experience on one of our MUPs when some absolute idiot was chasing a KOM or something during a very busy time in the afternoon, lots of families on the MUP, cyclists of varying abilities and so on. I had slowed down to make a safe pass around one group, checked behind me to make sure it was clear (it was) and moved to the left to pass.
This particular dumb*ss is probably going over 25 mph and rather than slow down or wait for a safe opportunity decides to pass me on the left as I'm passing this group and there really isn't room for it. He almost rides right into me, but
barely squeezes by, then sprints off as fast as he can, darting around kids and dogs like he's the Lucas Brunelle of the MUP. I was terrified he was going to kill someone, though I admit I would have relished the sight of seeing him crash as long as no one else was involved.