The Canal. The cycle rage.

[Snoopeh]

I don't know if any of you have this problem but I have it everyday I commute. I commute straight down the canal and everyday I am greeted with the usual array of people who refuse to move even though I ring my bell giving them plenty of time and space to take one step to the side. But will they. No they won't I get forced onto the small grass verge. Or the dog walkers who will make no effort and let the dog stroll out in front of you off its lead, then mutter you shouldn't be cycling here and such. I know I have every right to cycle there it just really annoys me. Grrrr. I think I have a dose of cycle rage. :,(

Anyone got any tips to stop getting so frustrated. ?

 

[midlife]

Snow plough attachment on the front?

Shaun

 

[Drago]

Balaclava and paintball gun.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Pedestrians have priority, so don't expect people to move to the side for you just because you're moving faster

 

[derrick]

Air horn, from about a foot away,

 

[Dan B]

Sorry, not clear why it's OK to make them use the grass verge but not OK for you to use it. Is it because you're more important than they are?

 

[snorri]

Emigrate.
Anarchy rules when people set foot on a joint user path in the UK.

 

[Cush]

Gentle persuasion, no bell, just "just good afternoon" (or whatever) and as they move "thank you" That throws them most do not know what to say. Of course if persistent offenders refuse to move you carry a length of oily chain and welt them with it

 

[lee1980sim]

Pedalo, make use of the canal

 

[Fab Foodie]

Pedestrians have priority, so don't expect people to move to the side for you just because you're moving faster

Correct in my book.

 

[ianrauk]

Sloooooooow down... you're cycling along a canal... enjoy the scenery rather then just trying to blast along.
Share the space. If you're in that much of a hurry.. use the road.

 

[Snoopeh]

If i slow down i need to wake up earlier And its not that i am an absolute renegade its just manners ain't it i know they don't have to step aside and if they do i always thank them. its the ones that just deny your existence. I guess ill slow down. Seems to be the best advice.

 

[PaulSecteur]

Peds have right of way.

However, carbon fishing rods purposely left across the path get crunched!

 

[Cush]

Mind not all cyclists are innocent, I have seen several cases lately of cyclists going far too fast on shared paths and not all of them were young nerds, a few of them were old nerds. I reckon a shared path slows you down by several MPH.

 

[ufkacbln]

The art of standing still

When you get the group coming towards you, simply stop in the middle on the rack and politely wait

Drives them mad as they have to break formation