Cyclists hold up cars, don't they?

[fossyant]

Driving was pretty standard, not causing you a problem...no need for the shake of head and hand up - gave you loads of room....

PS that was quite speedy for you wasn't it....all this training for the 100 eh.....

 

[magnatom]

Actually, I have an admission to make. I contrived this video. All of the drivers were paid to drive at 15mph for me.

 

[eldudino]

I got the point of it. The car didn't do much wrong except he misjudged your speed and got into a gap that he shouldn't have as it caused another road user to alter their speed. Doing what you did was fine, you'd have had to have done it whether the fool in the Focus nipped in front of you or not!

 

[magnatom]

Driving was pretty standard, not causing you a problem...no need for the shake of head and hand up - gave you loads of room....

PS that was quite speedy for you wasn't it....all this training for the 100 eh.....

Guys, the reason I shook my head, was not because the driving was dangerous, but because he sat behind me, pulled out, went past me and pulled back in again. I was shaking my head because he obviously had that, MUST GET PAST CYCLIST attitude.

Anyway it was a bit of fun!

 

[Eat MY Dust]

If you were in London and if you were in a car and there was a gap that size someone would have overtaken to get into it. To be fair the Focus gave you lots of room. Saying that it always put a smile on my face as well when overtaking buses/cars/hgvs!

 

[marinyork]

I enjoyed watching that video. How much faster is your new bike?

 

[HLaB]

I'll have to check out the vid when I get home some of the comments on this thread are hilarious.

 

[magnatom]

EMD,

I had absolutely no problem with the car pulling in there, it was just the fact that he was directly behind me and felt the need to go around me, when it was obvious I was keeping pace.

Anyway as I said, it was a mild annoyance, certainly not something I would have posted, had it not been for the fun overtakes!

marinyork,

Yes I have increased my average speeds by a couple of mph over my commute.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

I'll occasionally overtake a car that's done the same and then let them overtake again, and then play this over and over again so you end up circling them. I think they always get the message.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Excellent vid, mags. Didn't realise you could speed it up in MovieMaker by about a factor of 1.5

 

[palinurus]

Definitely getting faster.

 

[HLaB]

Good speed Magnatom. I think your mild annoyance at the overtake looked a bit melo dramatic, although the driver probably never even noticed or saw you go flying by

 

[Goffins]

Great video but mostly for the speed, I'd like to hold a speed like that and am working towards it as a goal.

As far as the driving is concerned I agree it's just typically stupid behaviour but at least it was not dangerous. I had the same thing happen to me today approaching a roundabout and some bint in an Alfa felt the need to pass me when I was about 5 meters from the entrance

Can I ask what you used to ride and how much speed you've gained from your new bike?

 

[hackbike 666]

I don't really get why the car cut in when it overtook though.Was it tactical because all it did was encourage mags to overtake it.

 

[purplepolly]

I had absolutely no problem with the car pulling in there, it was just the fact that he was directly behind me and felt the need to go around me, when it was obvious I was keeping pace.

The driver was queue jumping and that's simply not British.