Originally Posted by
Moe Zhoost
Do you do this because you found that the hand signal for slowing/stopping was ineffective? Not everyone understands common signals. I will signal if someone is close behind and it seems to communicate my intentions. I wish there was a signal for joggers about to do a sudden 180 at a specific target point known only to themselves.
I do that as well, but the main issue is that it has to be done in advance, because it requires taking my hands off the front brake lever.
I think for whatever reason I also kind of differentiate between "I am stopping" and "I am going to slowly coast through this section because there are like 20 people milling around the path ahead, and roughly 3 of them seem to be paying any attention to their surroundings"