[MX rider]

Originally Posted by Laker14

I'm a little confused here. I get the impression from your post that you have me confused as the OP of this thread. I'm not. Not that it's important.
I gave up cycling a few years ago because I found my fear of motorists had grown to the point that I wasn't finding it enjoyable. I've never ridden a bike in TV, so I can't speak from any first hand experience.
I live on a lake in NY, and I have ridden on what I would call 1 1/2 lane roads, with cars, cars pulling boat trailers, pedestrians, runners, dog walkers, and kids on skateboards. I never got irritated with anyone on foot. I did a lot of walking on those roads myself and I would get irritated with bicyclist zooming by from my 6 O'Clock without so much as a "Behind you",,, or "on the left"...a very dangerous move in my opinion. When riding and approaching pedestrians I would slow down, and give them a "behind you, on the left" warning. I would slow to the point of being able to avoid them if they should move the wrong way.
When a cyclist would warn me I would always thank them as they passed.
I have no idea what percentage of cyclists get annoyed by pedestrians on the MMPs. If they do, they are in the wrong. IMO, just as wrong as the dude in the cart who thinks the biker should move all the way to the right so the cart can pass between oncoming carts and the biker's left knee.

I hope I've answered your question.

Good post.
My wife and I mountain bike offroad. I don't trust drivers enough to ride the road. But we do like to ride around on the MM paths. We ride at a casual pace , and 99% of the time it's all good. We also run on the MM. But there's always that 1% that are a**holes, which includes drivers, runners and cyclists.