The canal trail was posted with signs, every so often, reminding cyclists to yield to pedestrians. But it’s also important to remember the general rule that faster and more maneuverable trail users should yield to slower ones:
About 4 seconds after this picture was taken, I heard bike bells ringing from behind me, coming up fast.
Ding ding! Ding ding! as voices yelled “Passing!” and “On your left – right – passing!” Two lycra-clad cyclists on carbon-frame drop-bar bikes came whipping around on my left, and then
threaded between the two recumbent bikes, around the truck, and on towards the horizon.
Two observations: 1) if your bike doesn’t have working brakes, get them repaired before riding; and 2) the public parks on the canal trail are not, IMO, places to try to get your best Strava time.