[Closed] RANT: People who ride trails with dogs

Take a bow sir, take a bow.

Boils my piss too.

Did you try shouting Strava at the dog?

I conCUR too. Pardon the pun.

How do you feel about young kids on the trails, could you stop for one?

"Golf Clap"...superb rant sir.

[i]If I'm nailing a corner and a dog suddenly appears, I'm going to try to avoid it. Probably injuring myself in the process, possibly hurting your dog. [/i]

were you ? and did you crash hurt yourself or hit the dog ?

lifelong dog owner here, on our 3rd labrador...........but i dont understand why anyone would want to take their dog with them when they go cycling.

100% agree totally irresponsible. Definitely not the place to exercise your dog. Never seen it myself.

I agree. People like that should be hounded off the trails.

I don't have a dog, but there is a guy near us who rides the unofficial trails in our local FC woods, and his trail dog rules! 😀 (there is a bit more to it than 'rules', but yes the dog is very fast and basically chases his owner about 3m behind.)

have not been to a trail centre for a while,but shirley your not allowed to take your dog?

Surprises are always fun when you are shredding the gnar to the power of max!

well trained dog = fine.
badly trained dog = not good.

I'm a minority of one again on here - my lurcher Jimmy loves to come cycling with me at Swinley/ the Lookout and elsewhere. It's the only way to get him going 'flat out' on a walk.
I go out of my way to make sure that he doesn't inconvenience other trail users.
Live and let live.

can I also add "people who ride trails with slow mates"

Don't be so * irresponsible. I'm not talking about mates riding with you on a bridle way but I'm talking about trail centres and riding with your fat slow mates sweating behind, in front, to the side and steeling my ....... cake!

If I'm nailing a corner and a slow biffer suddenly appears, I'm going to try to avoid it. Probably injuring myself in the process, possibly hurting your bimbling body armoured buddy.

If I hit your mate, I'm sure you'll be yelling at me, telling me I should have been on the look out for him/her. Well hear this, no i * shouldn't. There are signs everywhere saying these are designated mtb trails, it doesn't say bring your slow duffers who just stand about fiddling with dropper posts. You'll be shouting at me, telling me I dont care about gnarcore trail mincers, well I do. I care so much I don't bring my slow mates. I walk them in fields where they can talk about their orange 5 not going to get almost certainly hit by 80kg of mountain bike and rider.

So if this was you this weekend and you're reading this, grow up and take some responsibility for the mate you apparently care for.

I take my dog trail building... do I fall foul of your rules? FWIW I don't mind, but some trails aren't great for dogs due to limited visibily, some are fine IMO, (Lee Quarry - no probs, not a tree in sight).

Anyway, hang fire while I get me cuppa this one could 'run and run' (oh yeah, punnage)

What about if i take my cat?

couldnt agree more rant away
i too met someone who fits the bill at cannock on a very busy saturday
couldnt believe it but a rant at said person seemed to do the trick
muppet

😆 😆 😆 Tazmeister.

OP my dog is probably faster than you and he's on Strava therefore has right of way.

Funny that my greyhound would run flat out bl@@dy anywhere. Never needed my bike to get that nugget to run. My previous lurcher would chase rabbits and deer all day long. Never once took a bike. Let's be honest you're killing two birds with one stone!

ssjeff.
I've seen your dog and he's faster than 99%of the people on here.

I've seen your dog and he's faster than 99%of the people on here.

Any dog is faster than 99% of the people on here.

OP and other complainers: are you aggressive xc riders?

tazzymtb - Member
can I also add "people who ride trails with slow mates"

Shame we cant all be be a svelt and nimble as you, based on your post, clearly are. I like to descend fast, very fast, and trust me gravity and physics are on my side. When I get to the top of a hill I have far more gravitiational energy stored than you skinny bitches. On a steep hill time slows as I approach lightspeed on the decent 😉

Maybe I'll meet you coming up a trial one day while I'm coming down, 120 kgs of me and my MTB have an awful lot of inertia, best avoided. I doubt you'd live if I hit you let alone have the will to shout at anyone 😆

On a serious note loose untrained dogs are a pain in the arse on trial, but not as distressing as your skinny mates climbing much faster than you.... i shall eat some of Tazzy's cake (I stole it earlier) now to make me feel better

I've done it at Afan (Borrowed spaniel, not mine) No problem at all actually. The only problem is other peoples attitudes. Basically, those who want the trials to themselves hate it, everyone else loves it.

Any dog is faster than 99% of the people on here.

That's true but ssjeff's dog only has three legs and one eye.

I take my pooch with me and will continue to do so. She is fast, obedient and well trained.

The question is would you be dishing out the same advice to Chris Akrigg?

Would never take a dog to a trailcentre on a weekend or bank holiday, but my lab bloody loves riding with the bikes. After first five minutes of giddyness she is very well behaved and runs to the wheel. Of course taking her isnt necessary, but neither is adults riding bikes on manmade trials.

Never had any problems with her or the people I have met when out with her.

hat's true but ssjeff's dog only has three legs and one eye.

it's got big paws though, so it's more like 29er!

Have to be honest, If my local trails didn't have a busy road going right through the middle I would be tempted to take the hound. When we're working on the trails he always takes the optional black lines he's so gnar!

100% agree with OP.

Whole-heartedly agree with the OP. At a trail centre yesterday with my two young boys and some fella had a dog running around, not obeying any commands and barking all the time at anyone going past.

If you can't ride along with your dog on a lead, then leave it at home.

If there was an accident involving a dog on a trail and a biker what would the situation be if the rider was injured/bike damaged?

So if your well trained dog is following behind you and you have your eyes on the trail ahead, how do you know when your mut has left a "present" for those following?

My dog comes on rides with me. He absolutely bloody loves it. Threads like this used to make me try and justify that to people like you but since you sound like you just resent anyone getting in the way of your own personal enjoyment on trails that are open to all I will just say "Screw you, it's not illegal so I'll take my dog riding if I want to." xxx

ssjeff's dog relaxing after a hard day out running the STW Gnarists at CyB.

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He might only have three legs and one eye but he's got more balls than your average forum member.

My dogs sh1t on a bike so never take him riding never mind a trail centre.

Why on earth would I ride at a trail centre with my dog? He rides a 29er and hates the unnatural feel of the man-made trails...

Surely there are a lot of things that cause similar problems to the one your describing-last minute avoidance of something potentially injuring yourself.

Silly rider doing trail repairs on a blind spot?
Obstacle on the trail?
Someone crashed in front of you?
Slow rider in front/rider slams on brakes etc etc
Deer/rabbit/squirrel on trail?

What do you do in all these scenarios?

I think that a well trained dog is no problem on the trail and conscientious owners train their dog to avoid bikes-both their own and other riders; due to the risk of injury all round.

Got to say I agree, nearly ran over / crashed on the fastest section of the new FOD track when a little terrier ran out of the bushes after his owner (green orange patriot in case your reading....).

He ran straight down the hill crossing the trail several times rather than following the berms so was bloody dangerous. It was also on a busy sat afternoon, so I thought you should at least have the common sense to do it on a quieter time.

Ruined my strava run too*

*that was a joke

How about if I take the misses, she is a bit of a dog does this count?

It's like anything:

Guy with fast dog on his tail shredding the trail - brilliant, he'll get a whoop.

Mincer with daft hound - will recieve a muttering as I pass.

Same as bimbler with slow mates v's rad, hardcore riders.

Law of the jungle innit?