Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
I am a born again cyclist, ride about 60/70 miles per week , 6 mile round trip to work x 3 then most of my local trips to shops library etc.Then a couple of rides purely for fun.
I get badly cut up by "have to pass the bike car drivers" people pull out in front of me when Im going fast, etc etc bla bla.
Crap car drivers / drunk car drivers / aggresive car drivers are everywhere. They are IMHO however a tiny minority of drivers ,far more drivers will give you loads of room but you dont notice those.
My take on this as a beginner(only about 6 months regular riding since teenage years) is its up to me to realize that car drivers are incompetent/drunk/aggresive and ride accordingly.
Im not trying top be controversial here but I think some cyclists do the rest of us a dis service by winding up car drivers so they hate all of us .
On a narrow country road when its safe I pull over to let cars go by,seems sensible to me.Slow down enjoy the ride and dont get stressed .
Maybe my thoughts and observations dont apply in big cities ,I live in a small town and most of my rides are in rural areas.
I get badly cut up by "have to pass the bike car drivers" people pull out in front of me when Im going fast, etc etc bla bla.
Crap car drivers / drunk car drivers / aggresive car drivers are everywhere. They are IMHO however a tiny minority of drivers ,far more drivers will give you loads of room but you dont notice those.
My take on this as a beginner(only about 6 months regular riding since teenage years) is its up to me to realize that car drivers are incompetent/drunk/aggresive and ride accordingly.
Im not trying top be controversial here but I think some cyclists do the rest of us a dis service by winding up car drivers so they hate all of us .
On a narrow country road when its safe I pull over to let cars go by,seems sensible to me.Slow down enjoy the ride and dont get stressed .
Maybe my thoughts and observations dont apply in big cities ,I live in a small town and most of my rides are in rural areas.