This morning I had a bit of an "experience" with a group of cyclists just as I was finishing my ride.
As I was reaching the entrance to the village, a group of cyclists arrived from a lane that joins the main road on the right as I was going. The main road has a short ramp before the junction, so I was arriving slowly, and for a moment I thought they were going to come out around me as I was going past, but they held back. I expected they would overtake me, but they stayed behind though the road was clear.
About 300m further ahead there's a roundabout with poor visibility on the right, so I eased off, and saw a car coming onto the roundabout on our right, so I stopped. As I said, visibility is poor, so I stopped quite late. At this point there was a lot of swearing from the group behind me, several riders went around me through the roundabout in front of the car, and there were several comments of displeasure about me having stopped. The comments were not directed at me, but meant for me to hear them.
I am not sure what I could have done differently here, as I have no experience of riding with such groups. Any advice in case I find myself in the same situation again?
As I was reaching the entrance to the village, a group of cyclists arrived from a lane that joins the main road on the right as I was going. The main road has a short ramp before the junction, so I was arriving slowly, and for a moment I thought they were going to come out around me as I was going past, but they held back. I expected they would overtake me, but they stayed behind though the road was clear.
About 300m further ahead there's a roundabout with poor visibility on the right, so I eased off, and saw a car coming onto the roundabout on our right, so I stopped. As I said, visibility is poor, so I stopped quite late. At this point there was a lot of swearing from the group behind me, several riders went around me through the roundabout in front of the car, and there were several comments of displeasure about me having stopped. The comments were not directed at me, but meant for me to hear them.
I am not sure what I could have done differently here, as I have no experience of riding with such groups. Any advice in case I find myself in the same situation again?