I was out riding last week on a fairly regular route with a friend riding a bit behind.
As we approached a junction two blokes on bikes on the cycle path started to shout at us to use the cycle path calling us a variety of names.
As far as I was aware there is no requirement to use them, just wondered if I was wrong?
The road in question is a 30mph road. The cycle path comes and goes. Some of it is on the road, some is on the pavement. I use the bits on the road but have never used the bits on the pavements. They seem rather dangerous. I'm doing around 20mph along that road, the pavements have big bumps from tree roots, people driving out of their drives and many side roads to stop and cross at. I much prefer to stay on the road!
As we approached a junction two blokes on bikes on the cycle path started to shout at us to use the cycle path calling us a variety of names.
As far as I was aware there is no requirement to use them, just wondered if I was wrong?
The road in question is a 30mph road. The cycle path comes and goes. Some of it is on the road, some is on the pavement. I use the bits on the road but have never used the bits on the pavements. They seem rather dangerous. I'm doing around 20mph along that road, the pavements have big bumps from tree roots, people driving out of their drives and many side roads to stop and cross at. I much prefer to stay on the road!