It's how I deal with it.
Cycling etiquette question....
- Thread starter bluezelos
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I wish some of the guys around here would do that. They seem to get some kind of sick fun from coming up silently and whizzing past inches away. Hope it gives them a buzz passing a 60 year old female that’s only out for a bimble! Lol.
Shearwater Missile
Veteran
I always feel guilty when I pass someone, I don`t know why I should but that is just me. I always give people a wide margin and will say Good Morning or whatever the time of day is. Of course people pass me as and as long as they don`t take the print off my cycle top then fine, better still if they speak. In my mind it is just good manners. Old fashioned perhaps, but we don`t get enough of it these days I am afraid.
I always give a cheery ‘good morning’, when I say always I mean always, even if it is the afternoon. It is because 95% of my non commute rides are in the early morning, so it is just habit.
If I am significantly faster than the person I am overtaking then I leave it at just the good morning and fly past. If I am more evenly matched I usually try and have a bit of a natter, mainly so I don’t feel rude.
If I am significantly faster than the person I am overtaking then I leave it at just the good morning and fly past. If I am more evenly matched I usually try and have a bit of a natter, mainly so I don’t feel rude.
- Location
- Glasgow
OP, whatever you do, don't:
pass close while the rider in front is indicating, almost taking their arm out in the process
or pass screaming "on your right, on your right" while going at a fair speed on a narrow shared path full of pedestrians and scooters.
Both happened to me recently
pass close while the rider in front is indicating, almost taking their arm out in the process
or pass screaming "on your right, on your right" while going at a fair speed on a narrow shared path full of pedestrians and scooters.
Both happened to me recently
Not quite the same scenario, but when riding a TT, should I catch anybody, which is rare nowadays, I always say "dig in" or "almost there" and when somebody catches me always shout " go on - faster". But for one club mate, I used to tease a bit by saying "thanks for waiting".
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Why?
OP
OP
bluezelos
Active Member
- Location
- North West
My answer to that is in the last line of my original post. Must be my competetive streak!
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Deleted member 26715
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Didn't realise you were 12My answer to that is in the last line of my original post. Must be my competetive streak!
Fools! Everyone knows that the correct behaviour is to carefully work out their speed as you close in, and about 10 seconds before you'd pass them, sprint as hard as possible while keeping just enough air in your lungs to casually say "how's it going" as you freewheel past them, giving them plenty of space.
It is crucial to make it look like you're not even trying - the knack comes in being able to keep riding above their pace without blowing up 30 yards down the road.
It is crucial to make it look like you're not even trying - the knack comes in being able to keep riding above their pace without blowing up 30 yards down the road.
Racing roadkill
Guru
It’s a whole lot easier with power meters.
That's taking Silly Commuter Racing a little too seriously!
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Pass when safe, say hi and maybe a little wave.
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NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
A Gentleman* Cyclist never, ever wheelsucks and always announces their intended pass with a cheery "Good day!"
(* - or Gentlelady, obvz)
(* - or Gentlelady, obvz)
