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Old 05-29-2015, 07:37 PM
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OK. Lets say your in an event and you crash into another rider, slower, has mechanical failure or is stuck in a bog hole etc.
Who's fault is it.
Naturally there are variables to your posed scenario lets say if you are broke down on the trail and the passing rider has plenty of time to see you and make a clean pass and yet they run into you then they messed up by forcing the issue or what ever their problem was but say you are stuck in a mud hole and there is no way around you but through you then you need to realize this and make every effort to make room even if you have to jump out of the way then come back and wrestle with your bike and if you choose to stay in the way and get hit i'm saying your bad or say you break down in a tight thick section where you are on the blind side of a turn and you can't get going and you know the passing rider is coming fast and he won't be able to see or hear you and he rounds the turn and hits you then that's clearly your fault you should be aware and jump off and run back to warn him then after the pass is made get to work on moving it and repeat until you get moving cause usually during an enduro 4 or 5 bikes are on the same row so you should know you are going to get passed by the whole row of bikes.

Slower riders, stuck riders or broken down riders I think they have the greater portion of the burden on them to give room when on the trails to any rider that has caught up to them, they caught them and are wanting to pass you and you need to do everything in your power to give plenty of room so no one does get hit.
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