Ok... I'll try not to rant as Bob did in the first post...

But why can't all of us just coexist in gentle harmony... Most mountainbikers have been known to hike on occasion also, and so understand where the hikers are coming from...

I for one always slow down, unclip from at least one peddle, and as far to the edge of the trail as possible and let the hikers pass without getting in their way... yes this becomes a little tiresome after he 10th time you have to stop in the middle of a super fun section of trail... ...but in the aim of keeping the peace no problem.

Now... as I said, I try to be considerate of hikers so was a little peeved today when out on a ride we stopped to admire the view (well out of the way of the trail!) and had a hiker come over and do his Swiss surveillance thing and tell me that we were not allowed to bike on this trail and proceed to give us an ear bashing... When I pulled out my bike trail map and showed him that in fact the trail we were on was marked as a biking trail as well as a hiking trail he proceeded to tell us that we were the scum of the earth or some such thing...

This is not the first time this has happened to me... happened twice in Engadine last summer, except last summer the hikers in question were German and couldn't even read the map which I showed them to prove that we were on a bike trail!!!

Please, please... hikers... us bikers are humans too, and we just chose to take our outdoor enjoyment in a different way. Lets just coexist in let bygones be bygones!!!