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Horse sh*t on bridleways. Good grief. You're kidding.
I posted up a while ago about some really snotty horse riders round our way, but you can't blame a horse for doing its business wherever it wants. And to be honest I've had some cycling specific energy bars that have been worse than a mouthful of dobbin's doings.
Don't ask where Mule Bars come from...
I was riding in Wales last weekend and there was sheepshit on the trail! Seriously, WTF?
A tasty and nutritious trailside snack which costs you nothing:
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Mmm, nice....
"A tasty and nutritious trailside snack which costs you nothing:"
But the hair follicle side affects are horrendous!
You guys are weird. Leave those turds alone.
You ever heard of hydatid disease?
Its serious despite coming from non toxic vegetarian poo.
Is that grey hair at the sides Fred ? With the top bit dyed ? 😉
Its serious despite coming from non toxic [s]vegetarian[/s] poo
Its serious despite coming from non toxic HERBIVORE poo.
Someone clearly hasn't read the rest of the thread!
The bastards - they do it on purpose, don't they? 🙄
Horses = hot girl riders (well 50-60% of the time, all the time :o))
Horses = hot girl riders
My gf rides a horse: -)
Sometimes she rides a bike: -) 🙂
Sometimes she rides a horse and I ride a bike. 🙂
Occasionally we both ride horses: -)
It's all good. Anyone elses other half ride horses? It's worth going out at least one time with a horse see what it is like.
The hunt however
Sucks
[i]Anyone elses other half ride horses? [/i]
Yes, and that's why she'll never comment on any MTB-related purchase I ever make...
"It's offensive"- is it? Why? It's barely any different from mud.
mmm posh birds in jodhpurs 😀
big LOL @ Elfinsafety post
Having chased said hot girl horse rider, I can concur that you when you're focused on not making a tit of yourself infront of said hot girl horse rider, on one of her horses, you have absolutely no idea when her mule takes a dump. Staying on the bloody thing is all you can hope to achieve for a positive outcome in the stables later.
A tasty and nutritious trailside snack which costs you nothing:
Ewwww - that's disgusting.
You could have posted a pic of just the poo without the face spoiling the picture.
Yeah, come on horse riders - clean up after your animals, won't you?
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And I don't want to hear any excuses about it being impractical to carry that gear with you while you're riding. You could connect the barrow to the back end of the horse (I hear DT Swiss are working on a 1750x25 thru-bolt rear hip skewer, which is meant to be really stiff) and use that as a trailer to carry the spade, or just wear the barrow as a hat and hold the spade like a lance so you can ride around slapping those pesky cyclists off their bikes. ("That's not a steed, you idiot - [i]this[/i] is a steed!)
Those Luddites that haven't yet adopted the new 1750x25 axle standard, or who insist on wearing full-face helmets on bridleways and therefore can't get the barrow to balance on their heads, fret not - there is still hope. The next time you find yourself wondering how to dispose of the steaming mound of organic matter that has just fallen out of the back end of your mount, just eat it. It's non-toxic and practically like muesli or Bombay mix or something, apparently.
they taste grate with mustard and also make really good glue.
Ewwww - that's disgusting.
You could have posted a pic of just the poo without the face spoiling the picture.
😆
It's not exercise??? Hahaha. An hour trying to work a horse properly turns me into a sweaty, aching mess.
If it makes you feel any better most horse riders i know aren't particularly fond of cyclists either.
What no linky to "Bun Bag"
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Always gets his man..
Personally I find discarded crisp packets and fizzy drinks cans discarded on paths and in hedges a lot more offensive than horse poo, in any setting, urban or rural.
At least the poo will naturally degrade and disappear of its own accord over time.
My girfriend is a horserider, riding a horse is definatley exercise!
I'll admit that a steaming fresh pile of horse dung isn't the nicest thing to come across but I find it far less offensive than dog muck that some incosiderate owner has left at the side of a footpath
*facepalm*Who do you think all your bridleways were made for?
interestingly, the earliest road network was made for bicycles apparently!
Excellent "Helmet Hair" Fred.
I find people riding inconsiderately on shared use paths more offensive than nice and countryside smelling horse poop.
I mean its not exercise
dude get yourself down your local stables and check put the stable girls ass, legs and core
😀 I ride mtb and horse , my horse is called Max a big ginger one and he poo's in huge amounts, never been a problem for me 🙂 and when they pee its gallons 😯 it is nothing like dog/human poo quite nice on your roses,
and no its not practical to stop and pick it up ,horses have a very tiny tiny brain and they mainly eat and poo in a never ending conveyor until they pop their clogs.
I agree with his original point though they shouldn't be allowed to defecate on a city centre pathway , countryside fair enough.
I'm sorry but they just poo at will not something you can control, my old mare used to only wee when she got back they don't like having their legs splashed 😀
interestingly, the earliest road network was made for bicycles apparently!
Not quite true, roads predate bikes by a few millennia. If you were to say the widespread use of tarmac is down to bikes then that is true.
Anyhow, roads exist to get people from a to b, people on foot and horseback, later on cars come along and it was decided you had to have a licence to share the road with pads and horses.
So whose road network is it?
I generally find the people on the paths more offensive.
I witnessed a horse rear up at a dog recently in Windsor Great Park, it fell over and literally landed on a small child on his bike.
A total accident but a reminder of how dangerous these beasts are, and that 'multi-use' pathways can be hazardous areas.
Fit women aside, most people I come across riding horses are total pompous arses with no regard for other path users and a high and mighty attitude. Much like rider of aforementioned horse who blamed the incident on the owner of the dog, without worrying too much about the trampled child whom incredibly fortunately escaped with a few bumps after being pressed into the mud (I honestly thought he was about to die).
If pressed im sure that they would [u]expect[/u] [i]you[/i] to pick up their horse poo so good luck with that one.
Im with the original OP, but mostly because it'll annoy the haters on this thread who are so happy to throw insults around.
It's all good. Anyone elses other half ride horses? It's worth going out at least one time with a horse see what it is like.
I ride bikes and horses, and so does the other half. But honestly, I never talk about shared usage because she gets into fury mode about how cyclists are litterbugs, destroy the wildlife / trails, and scared her once by coming up behind with Pro2's spinning away (she didn't state this but I feel it pretty easy to diagnose as the root of her issue) - scaring her horse.
It's just not a conversation I ever go into.
Quite like meeting horses on the trails. Riders are usually cheerfull. We are in a densley populated island so live and let live IMO.
Dont mind meeting them on the road when I can see them.
[b]DONT LIKE[/b] like meeting them on the road when the rider isn't wearing a hi-vis (ie Flouro yellow, not a "nice shade of pink") tabbard. Downright dangerous and stupid.
"I don't understand the British fascination with riding these beasts"
As far as i'm aware they ride horses in other countries as well.."I mean its not exercise, its not transport .... its completely pointless".
You obviously don't have a clue about horses do you.
"I came round a bend at reasonable speed today to be confronted by a few walkers side by side, oncoming bicycle traffic, and a large fresh horse poo.
The safest option for all concerned was to take on the poo.
Needless to say my mudguard wasn't completely effective".So, you came round a bend, on a route you knew would have pedestrians, horse riders and other cyclists, and you were going that fast that you couldn't brake safely, but had to ride through a pile of horseshit, which must have been about a foot wide at the most.
You are now having a whinge about the fact your mudguards (obviuosly needed on the tarmac) didn't protect you from a bit of poo.
Had the gap where the horse poo was been filled with a todddler in a pushchair what would you have done then?
I suggest you alter your riding style to suit the conditions, slow down, stop whinging and get a life.
Im on the OP's side. Horses are beasts and should not be allowed on the road. At the very least there should be a minimum age as I often see young girls (<10) riding on A roads at 5pm, holding traffic up and generally being dangerous. It's very unsafe.
I also agree that horse owners should have to clear the poop. If I eat only vegetables (no meat), does that make it socially acceptable for me to go for a poo on the road? Just pull over in my car and squat at the edge and lay a few bricks? no. It does not. Furthermore I have seen the same young riders riding on the pavement, and therefore defecating there too, which is quite honestly disgusting.
Then I come to the delights of bridleways. Here is the situation.
John walks his dog every day. He clears up after his dog every day. It is november. It is very wet and muddy on the bridlepath John walks down. John notices that this is probably due to the large amount of horses that are ridden up and down it. John decides it would be best, to preserve his shoes and save him having to clean his dog before work, to take an alternative line, and walks slightly off the path where it is not so wet.
The next day, John comes along the same bridleway. Other walkers have decided to take his line as well, in order to avoid the mud and horse faeces.
A week later, John comes down the bridleway once more. His line is no more. The horse riders decided so that their beasts didn't get wet feet (because that would be a crying shame), they would walk down the path where John and his fellow dog walkers walk. It is now the same as the main path. Covered in shite and muddy as ****.
And that is why horses annoy me so much. They destroy perfectly serviceable paths. They walk on pavements and poo on roads. They hold up traffic.
I could go on
my proposal is a mass culling of these monstrosities, do it the French way, and we can have cheap Chevaux meat for years to come.
<applause for family guy>
[i]It is very wet and muddy on the bridlepath [/i]
makes it a bit late for....
[i]John decides it would be best, to preserve his shoes and save him having to clean his dog[/i]
troll.
bridle path
noun n [C] (UK also bridleway)
Definition
a track in the countryside that you ride horses on
(Definition of bridle path noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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"John walks his dog every day. He clears up after his dog every day. It is november. It is very wet and muddy on the bridlepath John walks down. John notices that this is probably due to the large amount of horses that are ridden up and down it. John decides it would be best, to preserve his shoes and save him having to clean his dog before work, to take an alternative line, and walks slightly off the path where it is not so wet".Walk your dog somewhere else or stop moaning. Bridle path/ways were there for horses to use, long before people wanted to take dogs for a walk.
a track in the countryside that you ride horses on
(Definition of bridle path noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
This discussion is about horses using city multi use paths as toilets.
I'm not interested in horses pooping on remote country bridle paths.
So, you came round a bend, on a route you knew would have pedestrians, horse riders and other cyclists, and you were going that fast that you couldn't brake safely, but had to ride through a pile of horseshit, which must have been about a foot wide at the most.
Had the gap where the horse poo was been filled with a todddler in a pushchair what would you have done then?
I don't know if you use city multiuse paths but at 8am and 5pm they are like motorways. Cyclists are all travelling quickly commuting to and from work.
These are not safe places for toddlers or horses.
I dont even have a dog, my point really was on a bike it is really very unpleasant to ride through mud and defecation.
p.s learn to quote
The part about bridleways was in response to the reply by Faaz on the previous page.
"don't know if you use city multiuse paths but at 8am and 5pm they are like motorways. Cyclists are all travelling quickly commuting to and from work.
These are not safe places for toddlers or horses".So, why was the safest option available for you to ride through the pile of horsedung, instead of applying your brakes?
Are these multi use city pathways not safe for pedestrians and toddlers then, due to ...quote "Cyclists are all travelling quickly commuting to and from work." Perhaps they should be closed during rush hour so all the cyclists gan get to work without the inconvenience of meeting any other path user...i think the term Multi use pathway sort of means just that...multi use, not just cyclists in a hurry.
Irrespective of the horse shit in the way, or...heaven forbid.. a toddler in a pushcair, grandad in his mobility scooter, etc etc, you were obviuosly travelling too fast.
Horses on the road are a menace.
Faaz, i won't quote, as i can't do it, but if you ride on a bridlepath, you will come across both mud and horseshit.. no way round it i'm afraid.
If dog owners can "stick and flick" in the forest why don't horse riders get themselves a long telescopic shovel to "kick it to the verge" when they're on tarmac. Polo, as I understand it is reasonably aspirational.
If you can't bunnyhop a horse egg, or at least loft your front wheel over it, go and do some skills practice instead of poo whinging.
Backheeling horse droppings into the path of you mates is pretty classic too.