Cycling a narrow lane, do you wait and let the Tractor pass ?

[Electric_Andy]

Yes I'd defintely stop and wait for the reasons mentioned above, but also because some tractors will have somehting on the back (a hay turner, harrows, link box etc) and it's not always visible until you get up close. Hay turners especially stick out a lot and you don't want to catch your leg on one of those

 

[mudsticks]

Yes I'd defintely stop and wait for the reasons mentioned above, but also because some tractors will have somehting on the back (a hay turner, harrows, link box etc) and it's not always visible until you get up close. Hay turners especially stick out a lot and you don't want to catch your leg on one of those

I thought I'd chosen a quiet Sunday lunchtime to transport a rather large piece of kit, on a trailer from one site to another..

Only over four miles but still, narrow twisty and hilly through steep hedgebanks.

What I hadn't realised is that there was a main road closure which was diverting all the local pub traffic my way.

I certainly got my fair share of reversing practice that day..

Oh and the cheery
"No, no, you're welcome" waves .

After the third time of backing up, that got a bit forced .

 

[byegad]

The bloody minded side of me says let them wait and take your time. This because so many working tractor drivers never pull over to let a queue through. On the Whitby Moors road from Guisborough a couple of weeks ago we saw two tractors, towing hay and in close convoy coming towards us. Three miles down the road, and I was doing 55mph, the end of that queue appeared!

But really it would do no good to hold them up in this case and any meeting of tractor and cyclist is only going to end one way!

 

[Scaleyback]

For those that don't know I live and ride in Swaledale North Yorkshire and tractors are an occupationl hazard on the country roads around here,
as are horseriders, loose sheep, and I have met a herd of cows before now. They were followed shortly by a farmer on a 'buggy' asking "have you seen any cattle" ?
Sheep herding on a bike

N;B You have to curse at them else they don't listen

 

[Chief Broom]

Ive only been riding a couple of months but have realised its best to err on the safe side when being passed on single track roads. Whether being over taken or avoiding oncoming its tempting to hug the curb and keep going...but trouble is the edge of the road can be bumpy and it only takes a few twitches and youre heading for the scenery or worse bouncing back into the path of the car/tractor. So i gauge each encounter carefully and rather stop than be eating hospital food!

 

[mudsticks]

Ive only been riding a couple of months but have realised its best to err on the safe side when being passed on single track roads. Whether being over taken or avoiding oncoming its tempting to hug the curb and keep going...but trouble is the edge of the road can be bumpy and it only takes a few twitches and youre heading for the scenery or worse bouncing back into the path of the car/tractor. So i gauge each encounter carefully and rather stop than be eating hospital food!

As a long time rider of narrow lanes , I'd generally advise to keep to that approach.
I've had a few bumps and scrapes, and a lot of brambles across the legs or throat.

But I've not (yet) fetched up in hospital, whilst defiantly claiming that I was just 'taking up my space'

 

[ClichéGuevara]

For those that don't know I live and ride in Swaledale North Yorkshire and tractors are an occupationl hazard on the country roads around here,
as are horseriders, loose sheep, and I have met a herd of cows before now. They were followed shortly by a farmer on a 'buggy' asking "have you seen any cattle" ?
Sheep herding on a bike

N;B You have to curse at them else they don't listen

In a former life, I worked a lot in the Wolds, and I soon learned what was coming when I saw trailers straddling the field entrances.

The farmers used them to stop the cattle going into the wrong one as they herded them down the lanes, and straight around any vehicles unfortunate enough to be trying to go in the opposite direction. I was glad I wasn't on my bike, as they took up hedgerow to hedgerow.

 

[T4tomo]

For those that don't know I live and ride in Swaledale North Yorkshire and tractors are an occupationl hazard on the country roads around here,
as are horseriders, loose sheep, and I have met a herd of cows before now. They were followed shortly by a farmer on a 'buggy' asking "have you seen any cattle" ?
Sheep herding on a bike

N;B You have to curse at them else they don't listen

I did sheep herding on bike too, caught up with a farmer in France who was moving some, so we gave him a hand, kept them moving from behind whilst he made sure they didnt shoot off down the odd side road. I born and raised on a farm so all in days work!

 

[freiston]

This week I have mostly been herding young pheasants.

 

[Cycleops]

If it’s Jeremy Clarkson‘s Lamborghini tractor (and he’s driving), yes.

 

[C R]

If it’s Jeremy Clarkson‘s Lamborghini tractor, yes.

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That's the sort of monstrosity implement I was referring to upthread as being too big for local lanes.

 

[mudsticks]

That's the sort of monstrosity implement I was referring to upthread as being too big for local lanes.

Just so as you know..

Even my bigger one isn't that big.

And it's a nicerer shade of red.

Not that show-offy silver colour.

 

[MichaelW2]

I was riding in deepest North Suffolk when a mini overtook me. Then another mini. Then another mini. Then another 50-100 minis , I lost count. Someone had been robbed of a lot of gold bullion.

 

[Cycleops]

Just so as you know..

Even my bigger one isn't that big.

And it's a nicerer shade of red.

Not that show-offy silver colour.

But it bet it ain't a Lamborghini

 

[mudsticks]

But it bet it ain't a Lamborghini

No, it's another Italian make 👍🏼