Originally Posted by sneefy
I was mountain biking in a park yesterday. On a trail designated specifically for mountain biking. I come upon two people walking through the park on the MTB trail with a little white shaggy rat of a dog. The thing decides to come running up to me while I'm pedaling along and I barely avoid running the stupid animal over. It then proceeds to give chase. The owner of the dog is yelling for it to heel, but of course the dog is oblivious. The worst part is, the owner had a leash coiled up in her hand. WTF? Leash laws exist for a reason and this trail isn't designated for walking in the first place! Don't get me wrong, I love animals. I just get pissed at their stupid owners.
Thanks for letting me rant. I'm done now.
I had a similar thing happen to me last year. Only the dog was in the 70+ lb range. He was on an equally useless ratcheting lead. The women had the dog on about 20 ft of lead. He charged us and the lead rider hit his brakes. I clipped his rear wheel and went down. My helmet hit the pavement and split. Thank God for helmets.
Tim