Cycling on the right
cntl
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My way to work consists mostly of off-road cyclepaths, which is great. What I notice quite often, though, is that when there's a cyclist coming towards me, they go to their RIGHT to pass me, even though I am cycling on the left. Shouldn't they move to the left?
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They are idiots. I'm sick of cyclists (and skaters for that matter) doing this down the Serpentine Road in Hyde Park when I'm putting in a few laps.0
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The answer is to give a clear signal of your intentions and be definite in you movements.<b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
He that buys flesh buys many bones.
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How odd. Given that more or less everyone is a road user in some shape or form, you'd expect the instinct to be passing on the left.
I only use about 100 yards of pavement cyclepath on my commute (nice short cut) so I seldom meet other cyclists on it - just suicidal peds.Even if the voices aren't real, they have some very good ideas.0 -
They're not people driving vehicles, they're pedestrians with wheels. Peds are used to passing on the right. Stick to the left and make it clear.Wanted: Penny farthing. Please PM me!
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Shadowduck wrote:How odd. Given that more or less everyone is a road user in some shape or form, you'd expect the instinct to be passing on the left.
I don't drive but I stick to the left. even on escalators people follow that rule!
The Taff trail (Cardiff end) can be a little dicy when busy. I think some cyclists see paths as having one lane and no ruleshttp://twitter.com/mgalex
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Yup... this drives me nuts, so when I spot the perpetrators in the distance I hug the left and then keep my head down as if I haven't seen them (although I'm watching out for any stupidity!) Has always worked so far.
It's like if you walk down Oxford Street looking upwards, it is amazing how many people get out of your way...
And.. if you're driving a car with someone right on your tail, deliberately flick up the mirror so that they can't see your eyes, and they more often than not tend to drop back.
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Say it loud. Say it proud."Stay Left"
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I think you're right to say stay to the left. The central argument is the right of the individual to be left to pursue their rights, otherwise we'll be left with anarchy on the trails. Right now I'm left feeling that if we don't protect our rights of way, there'll be nothing left. Right ?
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LOL, I often see people cycling on the road into the oncoming traffic!!! never mind being confused on a path!!0
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Cyclists who ride on paths rather than roads are more used to meeting pedestrians than other cyclists, and so have their own convention of passing on the left.
Cyclists who usually use the road ride on the left and pass to the right.This post contains traces of nuts.0 -
Mark Alexander wrote:I don't drive but I stick to the left. even on escalators people follow that rule!
Not in Glasgow - escalators at train stations and on the underground clearly state you should stand on the right.0 -
misterben wrote:Mark Alexander wrote:I don't drive but I stick to the left. even on escalators people follow that rule!
Not in Glasgow - escalators at train stations and on the underground clearly state you should stand on the right.
yep same in london, stand on the right pass on the left... but that's not cycling is it?Purveyor of sonic doom
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Probably foreigners, I remember the first time I cycled in Holland I went strait over to the left. My Dutch girlfriend swore at me in Dutch then shouted at me in English to ride on the right, much to the amusement of all those in earshot :oops:**************
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Had this cycling on the track around Loch Katrine earlier this year - met a bunch of French cyclists coming the opposite direction who were doggedly determined to stick to the right of the path. Fair enough - put that one down to bloody foreigners! What bugged me was the amount of obviously British people who did the same!
Travelling abroad (if they drive on the 'wrong' side of the road) is a different matter and does take a little getting used to. The first time I drove abroad I almost wiped out on the first roundabout I got to! I made it through alive mainly by luck then had to stop and consider what I SHOULD have done differently! Was easy after that though.0 -
cntl wrote:My way to work consists mostly of off-road cyclepaths, which is great. What I notice quite often, though, is that when there's a cyclist coming towards me, they go to their RIGHT to pass me, even though I am cycling on the left. Shouldn't they move to the left?
The ones who, when hearing a faster rider coming up behind, move over to the right-hand edge of the path are if anything even worse. I've had a few near-collisions due to these idiots.
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[quote="AndyGates" Stick to the left and make it clear.[/quote]
I did so last week, when I met someone riding on the wrong side of a (car-free) road in Bushy Park, London. Rather than move to his left so we passed right way around, he rode off the road altogether, riding along the grass beside the road so he could still pass me wrong-sided. I wonder what, if anything, was in his mind.
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