To the woman cycling west along Millbank at 0820

srw647

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It is the general rule, if you're overtaking then make sure you're actually able to go faster than the vehicle you're passing, don't pass someone and then hold them up, and don't just sit there on their flank. All the same, best to let 'em go when they do that and go back around the outside of them when they (inevitably) start to flag.
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I've posted this before, but I don't mind repeating myself! The Highway Code instructs you to allow overtaking vehicles to pass you. So if there's someone on your flank it's your responsibility to let them pass you. If someone can get on to your flank then by definition they are going faster than you.

hevipedal

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I must say that if you get a gust of headwind on the Brompy you don't half suffer, and I always seem to get it halfway down Millbank.

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This isn't a brompton thing, the prevailing wind is from the west, because of the POW and other buildings along Milbank the wind gets funnelled straight down towards Parliament Sq.

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