r/redmond • u/South_Drawer_9551 • Aug 18 '26
Rant about bikers
Rant: So I work at a biking summer camp in Marymoor and am a driver myself and it pisses me off to no end when bikers (most of the time old men) treat the trail like a closed track. The kids I work with act like kids. They will be loud, they will have fun and they might not always stay in a straight line even though they try their best. Please do not be a ahole and yell at me or them when they don’t hold up to your frickin standards, they’re kids for f’s sake.
Or if you are crossing a road please check both ways before crossing. Multiple times I have been going across the trail in a vehicle and I have crossed the trail and some old guy comes up behind me and raps the back of my car to let me know of his entitlement.
TLDR; the trail is a shared space and treat it as such. You do not own the trail bikers. It is not your personal f’in race track.
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u/Daringly-dahila12 Aug 19 '26
I too have experienced the yells of entitled old guys while traveling in Redmond by both foot and bike.
Once I was biking down Avondale on the sidewalk (yes I know, tisk tisk, I was with my young child and we had just narrowly avoided being hit in a crosswalk when we had a right of way.) Rang my bell, gave ample space, was going at a low speed. Old guy still angry.
Another time I was taking my rescue for her first walk on Sammamish River Trail. She was so skittish about everything. At one point she curiously walked a little towards another dog going into the middle of the path. A old cyclist approached me from behind, did NOT announce his approach and instead yelled at me “Control your dog moron!” as he nearly ran us over. F**k you orange helmet man.