neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
Tandem club started using 'oil' as it seemed if a van passed instead of the shouted 'car' then some thought the shout was wrong and it got silly to have car/van/lorry/truck/motorbike/HGV (or is that LGV ;-) ). So oil was chosen to cover all eventualities (electric vehicles have oil somewhere for lubricaction - before anyone goes there!).
If you must warn a wayward rider then just 'oil' is fine, so no need for up/down/sideways or whatever. A warning is only needed for the spatially inept, or to dissuade the same inept rider moving out without looking when cars are about, and having said that anyone who needs repeated warnings shouldn't be on the road in a group.
We get 'slowing' and 'stopping' on some rides, but that's to do with the unobservant members who don't realise that if the person in front stops pedalling you will fairly quickly catch them up... I still prefer the craic of riding in company even if the running commentary is a bit annoying.
If you must warn a wayward rider then just 'oil' is fine, so no need for up/down/sideways or whatever. A warning is only needed for the spatially inept, or to dissuade the same inept rider moving out without looking when cars are about, and having said that anyone who needs repeated warnings shouldn't be on the road in a group.
We get 'slowing' and 'stopping' on some rides, but that's to do with the unobservant members who don't realise that if the person in front stops pedalling you will fairly quickly catch them up... I still prefer the craic of riding in company even if the running commentary is a bit annoying.