The runner is... wrote:
“The runner took exception and said, ‘shake your head at me like that again and I’ll beat your a** mother ******,’†Andrew told us."
...Mike Rossi?
Probably was him, " I’ll beat your a** mother ****** " is one of his favorite lines.
Also, "alphas" don't worry about whether they're an alpha or try to prove it.
Sleuth on the Hunt wrote:
corunner1 wrote:My friend just alerted me to this thread and I wanted to tell my side. I NEVER even touched they guy. I was wearing earbuds, but the volume was low. If you divide the path into two lanes I was running in the middle of one lane so there was a whole other lane to pass. He came up behind me and rang is little fairy bell over and over. I didn't move because there was plenty of room for him to pass and nobody was coming in the other direction. When he passed me he stuck out his elbow and clipped me. Then I did yell profanities and threats. A while later he came up behind me again. This time he didn't ring his bell and I didn't know he was coming. When he passed me his soaked me with his water bottle. I was pissed then and jumped onto another trail that cuts off the main one he was riding on so I could get ahead of him. I waited until he came and then threw a handful of dirt at him. He then road off the trail and crashed. I'm not proud what I did. His story is crap though.
Is everyone ignoring this post or just me? Seems like we may have found the Psycho runner.
I know, right? This sort of seems legit and it's comical to watch the dumbas*es completely ignore it as they argue and bicker like teenage girls. I'm laughing my arse off right now.
exthrower wrote:
Dude...You are pathetic....Did you offer to blow him too?How can you look in the mirror and call yourself a Man?
Um, are you new around here or something?? Ever hear of "Real Man" criteria?
" 1) Be married.
2) Have 2-4 kids that you support financially and emotionally. Less than 2 kids is not enough, and more than 4 means that your time is spread out too much.
3) Must be a GOOD father.
4) Must respect the children's mother, and in most cases, all children must come from the same woman - the woman you are married to. "
so.......
I've seen a loooot posts on this thread, but I guess I am the only one here to have also (other than the subject of this thread) knocked a mountain biker off his bike and onto his a$$ while running?
Here's what happened:
Running along dirt path along river. Lots of bikers, runners. Pretty narrow path. Whenever I see someone coming towards me (runner or biker, or walker), I move to my right to give a little space, to be, you know, courteous and all. If the person coming towards me does not reciprocate at all (move a little to their right, and in this case we both had to move in order to avoid collision or near collision), then I come right back to the center line, and give them another chance to acknowledge my presence. If they don't......then the game of chicken is on. Almost always the other person acknowledges me, moves, and I move too (when I see they are giving me a little respect, I return it). Sometimes, there are close calls, or shoulder brushes. No big deal, just a little wake up call for them (they realize they are not the only person in the world) . This time the mountain biker never budged from the center, came right me, expecting me to jump out of way I suppose (and he was looking right at me). I didn't jump and leaned my shoulder in at the last second just to prepare for contact. He took a header off his bike. It was a pretty good acrobatic mid-air flop and roll. He jumped up coming at me, and I somewhat calmly explained: 'look dude, you rode right at me, not my responsibility to jump out of your way. I guess we both could have moved, but you certainly never did.' He was little pissed, but got on his bike and road away. Lesson learned.
Note to self: Put studded tires on mountain bike with extra long spikes. And runners are jerks.
Tyrone ReXXXing wrote:
He was little pissed, but got on his bike and road away. Lesson learned.
Did he offer you $20 to demonstrate that he was the real man, alpha male winner?
I have converted from lots of trail running to mountain biking. I've identified some of the problems with trail etiquette when it comes to MTBs.
1) Hikers and runners are too nice in CO. Although MTBs need to yield to all types of trail users, hikers will get of the trail 50ft before the biker comes to pass, and bikers will gratefully take the opportunity. Unfortunately, many have wrongly come to expect the courtesy from other trail users.
2) Strava. Some people are out from KOMs. It ruins trail etiquette and trails themselves (re: cheater lines)
My advice to runners based on my experience:
1) Don't yield to a bike unless you feel like you're in danger or they are overcoming you from behind and have made their intention to pass clear - exercise your trail rights.
2) Know where you are hiking at. If you are going to Apex, up the gut, on an even day, you can count on people blowing down the downhill direction. It may be a be a good day to do pick-and-sledge instead.
3) Thank them when they do the right thing; reinforce their good behavior.
4) Keep an ear open on the trails - you'll hear them before they'll hear you.
2centcoins wrote:
I have converted from lots of trail running to mountain biking. I've identified some of the problems with trail etiquette when it comes to MTBs.
1) Hikers and runners are too nice in CO. Although MTBs need to yield to all types of trail users, hikers will get of the trail 50ft before the biker comes to pass, and bikers will gratefully take the opportunity. Unfortunately, many have wrongly come to expect the courtesy from other trail users.
2) Strava. Some people are out from KOMs. It ruins trail etiquette and trails themselves (re: cheater lines)
My advice to runners based on my experience:
1) Don't yield to a bike unless you feel like you're in danger or they are overcoming you from behind and have made their intention to pass clear - exercise your trail rights.
2) Know where you are hiking at. If you are going to Apex, up the gut, on an even day, you can count on people blowing down the downhill direction. It may be a be a good day to do pick-and-sledge instead.
3) Thank them when they do the right thing; reinforce their good behavior.
4) Keep an ear open on the trails - you'll hear them before they'll hear you.
These are good points and I agree with most.
Pedestrians may be too nice, but getting brushed or hit by a biker is not something you want to happen. Pedestrian likely to lose out in the impact, as the biker has his bike plus is also wearing a helmet and other protective gear.
Although bikers are supposed to yield to hikers and horses on trails, it is often the hikers that yield out of fear. Also, because of continuous contact of wheels on the ground, bikers can not hear others coming like other user groups can hear bikers. When a biker stops to let others pass, they sometimes drag their bike into the vegetation on the side of the trail, trampling it and widening the trail. So sometimes its easier and causes less impacts for the pedestrian to just step aside.
Agree that trying to improve Strava rankings can ruin trail etiquette. Runners who chase Strava rankings can be rude also.
Agree that foot travelers need to exercise trail rights. At least make the bikers stop or slow down, but then sometimes its best to be courteous and step off to let them pass.
My advice to runners: Carry a stick.
It's not that hard, people. No matter how you look at it, the cyclist was in the wrong.
http://www.americantrails.org/photoGalleries/cool/41images/08.jpg
I'm sure the cyclist filmed it.
brogan1 wrote:
I would just love for the biker and runner to start posting in this thread with all kinds of immature personal attacks. It could be the new Mike Rossi vs Ken Stillman feud.
The runner at 6' 180-190 is a hobby jogger with headphones. Not likely to look at this site unless we tap into RWOL or reddit running
stick it in wrote:
My advice to runners: Carry a stick.
My sentiments exactly; you beat me to it.
Take those bananas wrote:
Sleuth on the Hunt wrote:Is everyone ignoring this post or just me? Seems like we may have found the Psycho runner.
I know, right? This sort of seems legit and it's comical to watch the dumbas*es completely ignore it as they argue and bicker like teenage girls. I'm laughing my arse off right now.
Err, 'Take those bananas' and 'Sleuth on the Hunt' you do know the LR forum is trollsville, don't you? You're being trolled so save your arse 'bananas' until the real runner comes clean with a real verifiable name.
There's one, or in this case two, born every minute.
stick it in wrote:
My advice to runners: Carry a stick.
...and a shield 🛡
Spike Li wrote:
It's not that hard, people. No matter how you look at it, the cyclist was in the wrong.
http://www.americantrails.org/photoGalleries/cool/41images/08.jpg
They could care less about that sign. They all want to play mountain bike madness and run every Tom, Dick & Harry (and Sally) off the trail. Those signs are about as effective as speed limit signs ðŸ˜.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but not before I live stream you on YouTube.
Took my son out mountain biking on some local trails yesterday. Every runner looked crazy as hello. I was afraid I was going have to beat one up in front of my son.
