Taking the full road on descents
04-07-21, 01:00 PM
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If there are cars parked on the side of the road I'm riding in the middle of the lane, regardless. Ive had too many near misses with people and car doors to risk it.
04-07-21, 01:47 PM
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With the exception of a couple of roads with very wide shoulders, I always take the lane and move over when necessary, especially true on descents.
04-07-21, 01:47 PM
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None of this is to blame cyclists for anything, it's just good to remember rock beats scissors and to work together in harmony and understanding. Sun Tzu stuff.
I really like my Varia radar. I can't hear cars while I descend unless they're right behind me, or the driver is obnoxious enough to use the horn. I don't look behind me that much while descending, I like to watch my line for railroad ties 🙂 and watch side streets, stuff like that. The radar thing grabs my attention. I feel a lot more entitled to be anywhere on my side of the road knowing there aren't cars behind me. I also like knowing how many, and how they're spaced. I've heard of cyclists winding up in the hospital because they thought there was only one car behind them.
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04-07-21, 02:14 PM
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Is the question how fast to go before passing slower vehicles?
I can remember those days when I could ride fast.
What a thrill!
Skipping around a car...
Or in between...
Or jumping up on the curb to get around a door just to blast off down the road...
Nice feeling!
Kinda like those days when we rode without a helmet...
42 Mph does sound nice!
I can remember those days when I could ride fast.
What a thrill!
Skipping around a car...
Or in between...
Or jumping up on the curb to get around a door just to blast off down the road...
Nice feeling!
Kinda like those days when we rode without a helmet...
42 Mph does sound nice!
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04-07-21, 02:35 PM
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I don't feel it is ever safe to take the opposite side of the road to traffic flow. Unless you are a salmon in a stream you should not go against traffic. Obviously if you slip out of your lane accidentally it happens or if you have to do it to remain safe because of a car being a jerk or something blocking the road or a piece of the road is missing, that is fine. However I wouldn't make a habit of it.
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I really like my Varia radar. I can't hear cars while I descend unless they're right behind me, or the driver is obnoxious enough to use the horn. I don't look behind me that much while descending, I like to watch my line for railroad ties 🙂 and watch side streets, stuff like that. The radar thing grabs my attention. I feel a lot more entitled to be anywhere on my side of the road knowing there aren't cars behind me. I also like knowing how many, and how they're spaced. I've heard of cyclists winding up in the hospital because they thought there was only one car behind them.
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And come to a full stop at every stop sign, and never blow a snot rocket, and always announce when passing. Thanks grandma.
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04-08-21, 08:21 AM
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Well the OP still isn't helping explain what they meant by "full road" or whether they are riding on Interstate Hwy that is winding down through the mountain valley with 80 mph traffic and bumper to bumper or not.
In fact the OP is absent. Maybe the OP took the full road in the wrong place.
In fact the OP is absent. Maybe the OP took the full road in the wrong place.
04-08-21, 09:40 AM
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Just because a road has lanes going in both directions doesn't mean there are always cars present in the lane going the other way. On a mountain road descent, I have - on occasion - used part of the opposing lane to widen my turn arc when it's clear that it's completely safe to do so. I have - on occasion - ridden into the opposing lane to get around a slow or stopped car when it's clear that it's completely safe to do so. I have done the same thing while driving my car, too.
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