Thanks to the Greater Boston Chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) for putting together this video with strategies for how to share the trail with horses and their riders.
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28 secondsshe weighs about 1200 pounds and as a prey animal when she’s startled
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1 minute, 2 secondsif you approach a horse on a trail the best thing to do is to slow down get off your bike
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1 minute, 10 secondsconsider taking off your helmet but communicate with the person who’s in charge of the horse the rider or whoever’s leading that
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