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Re: [RC] deadly bicyclist - Dyane SmithInterestingly, I have a friend who is both an equine vet and a mountain biker. She was very reluctant to consider bells because she thought it would drive the biker nuts over time. Unfortunately, at the time we didn't really explore all the ramifications of bike/horse clashes.. I'm also not sure that bells would work. My own experience has been that my horse knew far sooner than I that a bike was coming. These high speed downhill runs around blind corners must be similar to what deer (and people) experience when trying to cross highways. It's just too difficult to judge high speed. (People who try to cross freeways are frequently killed by cars that are so far away, they don't appear to be a threat to the person crossing.) It's a tough problem but it sure needs some cooperative discussion between the two groups. Dyane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: RE: [RC] deadly bicyclist Please Reply to: Melinda McPherron dynamitesport@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I heard about this accident from my brother who is a mtn biker. He contacted me (an endurance rider) to get my opinion on it. Their community has already heavily discussed it. We should keep in mind that there are more non-equestrian trail users than equestrians and we must find ways of sharing the trails with them rather than attempting to close trails to other user-groups. That particular trail (Cold Springs) is heavily used by the bikers and hikers, especially on the weekend. There is a volunteer group who not only organizes a lot of the maintenance for the areas trails, but actively encourages using bells and even hands them out to bikers that don't have them. The bells are provided by some bike companies & Santa Barbara bike shops! They have a terrific website that you should check out. www.sbmtv.org We ALL need to do everything we can to keep each other safe AND keep our trails open for use. Melinda =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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