Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Seems to me too many horse riders have a poor attitude towards cyclists.
It was chucking it down today, so I rode with front and rear lights illuminated.
As I approached a horse rider coming towards me on a shared path, I was ticked off thus: "Your front light is on and it's distracting."
My reply was that it's meant to distracting, before I accelerated sooner after passing a horse than I would normally do.
A few weeks ago, my group was told by a horse rider "He (the horse) is no good around cyclists, so you'd better be careful."
If the sodding thing is no good around cyclists, the rider has no business taking it on to a shared path until such time as its behaviour is modified.
But oh no, it's the cyclists who need to look out.
There are horse riders who thank me/my group for slowing, but too many have a high and mighty attitude.
What are your experiences of horse riders?
It was chucking it down today, so I rode with front and rear lights illuminated.
As I approached a horse rider coming towards me on a shared path, I was ticked off thus: "Your front light is on and it's distracting."
My reply was that it's meant to distracting, before I accelerated sooner after passing a horse than I would normally do.
A few weeks ago, my group was told by a horse rider "He (the horse) is no good around cyclists, so you'd better be careful."
If the sodding thing is no good around cyclists, the rider has no business taking it on to a shared path until such time as its behaviour is modified.
But oh no, it's the cyclists who need to look out.
There are horse riders who thank me/my group for slowing, but too many have a high and mighty attitude.
What are your experiences of horse riders?