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Originally Posted by bobeaston
I'm ~mostly~ with the Toymeister on this one. The problem described by the OP seems unreal. Those sections of the MMP are wide open and there is plenty of room to pass. Maybe it was a timid cart driver, afraid to pass, that was more responsible for the backup than the trike riders?
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That day was the first day of the Strawberry Festival in Brownwood and there were huge numbers of carts moving in both directions. If there were two trikes riding single file with no room for a cart between (certainly reasonable) traveling 8-10 mph in the open areas then it would take quite a lot of empty space to feel comfortable pulling out to pass. It is at least conceivable that there were enough carts returning from Brownwood that there were few gaps large enough to make a safe pass.
I wasn't there to see what happened and I have never experienced that kind of backup myself - it could be completely fabricated. However, I'm not willing to call someone a liar when the situation they describe is at least plausible.
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