Any research re: single file v. two abreast?
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This isn't a "rights" thing, but purely optics and emotional reactions. Any stretch of road where one or more cyclists start building a backlog of cars that want to pass is a recipe for road rage. Cyclists that demonstrate that they are aware of the difficulty by the way they ride on such roads are more likely to be passed with care than those who look unconcerned with their impact on traffic.
Sometimes riding in traffic needs to be adversarial, but that is something to be avoided when cyclists have zero protection against both active and negligent aggression.
If we ride, or appear to be riding like a-holes, we'll get treated that way.
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They can and they do. But as I tried to explain earlier, part of staying safe on the road is managing driver expectations, and blocking the road with two abreast doesn't signal that the issue is passing room but that the cyclists simply want to ride that way. Whether that is foolhardy on the driver's part to misinterpret or not, it is going to cause many drivers to become irritated and to pass more aggressively when they are able.
This isn't a "rights" thing, but purely optics and emotional reactions. Any stretch of road where one or more cyclists start building a backlog of cars that want to pass is a recipe for road rage. Cyclists that demonstrate that they are aware of the difficulty by the way they ride on such roads are more likely to be passed with care than those who look unconcerned with their impact on traffic.
Sometimes riding in traffic needs to be adversarial, but that is something to be avoided when cyclists have zero protection against both active and negligent aggression.
If we ride, or appear to be riding like a-holes, we'll get treated that way.
This isn't a "rights" thing, but purely optics and emotional reactions. Any stretch of road where one or more cyclists start building a backlog of cars that want to pass is a recipe for road rage. Cyclists that demonstrate that they are aware of the difficulty by the way they ride on such roads are more likely to be passed with care than those who look unconcerned with their impact on traffic.
Sometimes riding in traffic needs to be adversarial, but that is something to be avoided when cyclists have zero protection against both active and negligent aggression.
If we ride, or appear to be riding like a-holes, we'll get treated that way.
Whether I'm solo or abreast, I use a mirror and communicate with those behind identically, releasing when necessary, safe and appropriate. I get just as many friendly waves and nods riding two abreast as riding solo.
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I can understand what you're saying in theory, but I ride two abreast all the time and I've never encountered problems with it.
Whether I'm solo or abreast, I use a mirror and communicate with those behind identically, releasing when necessary, safe and appropriate. I get just as many friendly waves and nods riding two abreast as riding solo.
Whether I'm solo or abreast, I use a mirror and communicate with those behind identically, releasing when necessary, safe and appropriate. I get just as many friendly waves and nods riding two abreast as riding solo.
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As I said earlier, I have no problem with riding abreast. What I take issue with is using it to "control" a lane when it is not appropriate for cars to pass. I think it is in fact, not theory, a good way to piss off drivers that are seeing two bikes preventing them from passing and therefore miss that the road would be too narrow with even one bike.
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