Scowled at by cyclist

[Simontm]

I usually try to acknowledge courteous driving by motorists, but when it's at the top of a climb I don't have the strength to take my hand off the handle bars, let alone give a cheery wave !
I also sometimes find myself thinking "For pity sake, just bloody over take !!" when a motorist is hanging back and waiting for the correct time. So it probably depends on the cyclist's state of mind at the exact time you come across him.

Hah! Yep, going up a hill and that b'tards is being safe and considerate and hanging back as I am just hanging

 

[wheresthetorch]

There's a winding road near me which is quite narrow with a few blind bends. I've often had HGVs hanging back behind me patiently. When this happens, I will pull over to let them past (Strava be damned) and they've always given a friendly toot of thanks on the horn.

It's all about being considerate to each other.

 

[Bimble]

Sometimes you have to let things go. He may have been scowling at you. He may have thought you were trying to push him along by revving. He may have thought you were a typically impatient motorist annoyed at being held back. He may have jumped to completely the wrong conclusion. But you cannot go back and explain what you were doing and at least you erred on the side of safety and caution and respecting the cyclist, so your concience is clear.

Besides he might just have trapped his nut sack between his shorts and undies and been able to stop on the hill to sort it out!

 

[screenman]

christ - why the need to attack the poster?

Sitting behind the cyclist revving his engine, that is why.

 

[screenman]

The clutch might not be the problem. Some cars just don't like some hills. My fiancée's Picasso really hates hills.
As for the cyclist? There's a fair chance he was just another pillock. There's just as many riding bikes as there are driving cars or walking along.
To the op, you're a gentleman/lady* and I wish there were more like you.

*No idea if you're male or female

I have done over 300,000 miles in different Picasso's never had a problem with hills, even with a caravan on the back. THat includes Scotland and the French alps.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Riding an MTB up hill on a road..poor sod..those lovely big 2.4 tyres with 20psi in them gripping furiously to the black stuff..
id think he was peed of as the engine noise behind wasn't a paramedic..with a pre charge defibrillator..

 

[Profpointy]

Sitting behind the cyclist revving his engine, that is why.

to be fair, he said he needed to slip the clutch, presumably as it would have stalled otherwise. This is how you control a car at low speed, and isn't being unable to control a car

 

[screenman]

to be fair, he said he needed to slip the clutch, presumably as it would have stalled otherwise. This is how you control a car at low speed, and isn't being unable to control a car

How slow do you need to be going to need to slip the clutch, on my car it would be about 4mph. How far was the op behind the cyclist, far enough for him not to hear the engine I hope.

 

[Profpointy]

How slow do you need to be going to need to slip the clutch, on my car it would be about 4mph. How far was the op behind the cyclist, far enough for him not to hear the engine I hope.

uphill ?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Hah. I scowl at you all

 

[Justinslow]

I have done over 300,000 miles in different Picasso's never had a problem with hills, even with a caravan on the back. THat includes Scotland and the French alps.

Oh you're the one!

 

[screenman]

Oh you're the one!

We even visited Suffolk on a couple of occasions, clear the road as we will be back again this year.

 

[John the Monkey]

Hah. I scowl at you all

It's the only way to be sure.

 

[MarkF]

How slow do you need to be going to need to slip the clutch, on my car it would be about 4mph. How far was the op behind the cyclist, far enough for him not to hear the engine I hope.

That's what I was thinking, I'd say he was too close to the cyclist if he needed to use it.

 

[derrick]

Ok so up hill slowly,
Clutch in, stop, brake, handbrake on, in neutral. Or stall.
Let the rider go on a bit further,
Repeat above in reverse order etc etc etc untill it's safe to pass or the rider speeds up going down the other side of the hill.
Or slip the clutch a bit and hold it on the brakes or the biting point.
It's just what some people choose to do.

At no point did the OP mention he had to stop.