Overtaking etiquette

[HLaB]

To be honest,all overtaking should be concluded with this:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApF0jvjnTjk

LOL

 

[Simba]

I encountered a group of 4 blokes while riding up a hill, I was stuck behind them for a few minutes and was being held up big time. Was too dangerous to overtake on the hill so I waited till it levelled out. Then I blasted past them at 25mph+ was very satisfying.

 

[Darkmarkster]

 

[400bhp]

I've said a couple of 'hello's' this week as I have overtaken them,1st was a 20 something bloke on a mtb and I got a 'alright mate' back.2nd was a postman who ignored me.
Don't get to overtake many as there's not that many about at the times I'm travelling.

Where in Timperley are you & where do you commute?

I'm from Timp & commute into Manc.

 

[XmisterIS]

I wait until it is safe to pass, move over and pass them with a good bit of room to spare. That's partly so as not to seem aggressive and partly because there's no knowing what some people on BSOs will do! I once had a guy swerve out to turn right without looking, nearly causing me and the car beside me to slam into him.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Lots of room, in a safe situation and only if you're going to make it stick. I don't mind being overtaken but I hate it when people cut me up (especially at lights when they get in front of me like they've got some speed and then just sit there). It's just rude.

I also hate it when it's too close. Just because you can get past doesn't always mean you should.

 

[Domeo]

Yesterday, riding into work I passed a guy on a bend/corner going from a one-way section of road into a two way. I gave plenty of space. The other rider exited the corner wider than he entered and for some reason changed his line. He clouted me mid thigh with his handlebars nearly taking both of us down.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Yesterday, riding into work I passed a guy on a bend/corner going from a one-way section of road into a two way. I gave plenty of space. The other rider exited the corner wider than he entered and for some reason changed his line. He clouted me mid thigh with his handlebars nearly taking both of us down.

Unlucky, and ouch.

I quite like the system of calling 'on your right' or similar to avoid this. If you know someone's coming up behind you it's easier to avoid collision.

 

[Norm]

I used "on your right / left" a few times with the peds in Windsor Great Park and was surprised that they all thanked me. Over-taking etiquette doesn't just apply for other cyclists.

Later in the day, having done just over 30 miles, I was flagging a bit and riding fairly slowly looking for somewhere to take a comfort break when this guy came past quite close (considering it was an empty road) and without saying a word. That was all the incentive I needed, I followed him (> 3 second gap, no cheating / drafting here ) for the next 2 miles before passing him as I turned right.

 

[Simba]

I hate it when I get overtaken and they fail to make it stick. I am usually going slower for a reason ie a quick rest before a climb, climbing or just done 35mph+ on a descent.

Yesterday some roadie overtook me and then had the audacity to cut me up. I immediately overtook him back and said to him, "If you overtake someone make it stick" then I left him in my wake.

 

[BentMikey]

Unlucky, and ouch.

I quite like the system of calling 'on your right' or similar to avoid this. If you know someone's coming up behind you it's easier to avoid collision.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes this - over on yacf some slightly less clued cyclists told me I was bad for announcing my overtake when I do it for those who aren't looking behind them.

 

[Plax]

I don't really encounter that many cyclists, or at least I never used to. In the last year or so the number of cyclists I see has increased and funnily enough a lot of them are actually female commuters, which pleases me. They all go in the opposite direction to me, it's rare to meet another cyclist in my direction unless I'm quite close to work and it's a work colleague (and the bike shed is jammed full of bikes now, long gone are the days when it was only myself and Duncan).

If I leave work late I usually come across another fellow female commuter entering the village. She cycles quite slow (MTB), so I usually overtake and say hello as I pass. I'll have to make the effort to have a conversation with her at some point, as she lives in the same village she might make a good weekend cycling buddy.

 

[BentMikey]

Here's one overtake from Sunday:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5hWy9GeTo

 

[Moodyman]

That's an impressive scalp tally Mikey.

What's your average speed on a bent vs an upright - assuming you have an upright?

Am trying to understand the speed difference.

 

[BentMikey]

Oh, only the last overtake counts - it wouldn't be fair to count the other people.

I think I'm between 2-5km/hour faster on the recumbent than on an upright over my commute. That's a fairly large difference, I think. Hard to tell if it's at all accurate though.