Originally Posted by
genec
The irony in this statement is huge... apparently horses are easily spooked by bikes... as bikes move fast and quiet. (this was explained to my by some horse riders near a bike path that I regularly use. As a result I typically slow down around horses that are ridden on the nearby adjacent paths.)
Horses are like other animals, each different. Some spook fairly easily. Some from different thigns.
I have a vague recollection of passing some equestrians on a fire road once and being (quite politely) asked to walk my bike past them, because one or more of the horses was prone to spooking.
Most horse people are nice, and that means nice to me someone who is not fond of horses.
Oh and some of the women in my family, sister and neices are into horses. The cost dwarfs cycling.