Tied down horse grazing on cycleways in a city center
03-24-23, 06:00 AM
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Tied down horse grazing on cycleways in a city center
How do you normally pass several unpredictable horses on a narrow cycleway with hedge ridges on one side? One of those things which are hard to find on the internet.
03-24-23, 06:08 AM
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I'd get off the bike and walk until I was past the horses.
03-24-23, 02:30 PM
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One horse, I might try to walk past. More than that? Well, you say in a city center, so I might take the sidewalk (pavement?) around the block and then ride off into the sunset.
03-24-23, 03:26 PM
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Most horses are not city or working animals any more. They are barely trained pets who act like prey. But it's hard to guess if that's what you are dealing with.
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03-26-23, 07:16 AM
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Never ran into untended horses on my bike. Sometimes out in the desert. Curious about it. Call somebody with your city to ask about them.
One horse will probably bolt away from if alarmed. Many possibly will circle back into you as a herd. As said above, walk calmly past, or find another route around them.
One horse will probably bolt away from if alarmed. Many possibly will circle back into you as a herd. As said above, walk calmly past, or find another route around them.
03-26-23, 12:05 PM
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I've passed by a small herd of elk, before, on a narrow, single-lane, hard-packed dirt roadway. Frequent visitors to such paths, so it's well understood to go quite slowly through the zones without good visibility. They eventually move away, sufficient for a slowly-moving bike or hiker to edge by the group. Elk being as big as they are, I couldn't ever see going much faster in attempt to push them ... as I never wanted to get pushed back by a 900-1100lb animal. Works well enough with dogs; I figure it'd work equally well with horses that are moderately okay with human presence.
03-26-23, 10:30 PM
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I took a life changing spill dumping into a ditch to avoid Ferral Hogs with big BIG Tusks on a downhill run. Don't know what I would do with horses. Just remember its the back end of the horse that is unpredictable...
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03-27-23, 06:54 AM
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What not to do:
My daughter and I were on our tandem on a CANDISC ride in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park outside of Medora, ND. We came across a herd of bison 2-300 yards off the road. Without thinking, I rang the bell. One ding. One stampede.
We got lucky in that they ran parallel with the road and settled down fairly quickly...
My daughter and I were on our tandem on a CANDISC ride in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park outside of Medora, ND. We came across a herd of bison 2-300 yards off the road. Without thinking, I rang the bell. One ding. One stampede.
We got lucky in that they ran parallel with the road and settled down fairly quickly...
03-28-23, 02:06 PM
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Best to find a different route; otherwise, walk the bike and speak calmly to them well before you actually reach them; never surprise anything bigger than you or that has teeth and/or claws. How they react will partly depend on how familiar they are with bikes. It's safer for everyone if you just avoid them altogether.
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03-28-23, 02:31 PM
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What if you are riding a Salsa Rustler? Do your obligations toward the horse change
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03-31-23, 04:34 PM
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Why are there untended, unrestrained horses in a city? In a populated area, along a public thoroughfare? WTF?
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maybe blow a loud horn as soon as you see them & maybe they will move away from your line of travel?
