Large group ride holding up traffic
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You want to start a fight with a motorist, don't use the F-bomb, just say W A I T !
If it were 75 of anything else larger than a bike, they'd suck it up.... There are no secondary citizens (or road users). There are only inconvenienced motor heads acting privileged....
Oh, cyclists aren't "holding up" traffic, they ARE traffic!!!
If it were 75 of anything else larger than a bike, they'd suck it up.... There are no secondary citizens (or road users). There are only inconvenienced motor heads acting privileged....
Oh, cyclists aren't "holding up" traffic, they ARE traffic!!!
https://law.justia.com/codes/califor...50-21664/21656
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Look I like trees I don't think we should cut them down and destroy them for dumb reasons but I don't believe in hugging them, roads I don't really care for in the same way so I definitely wouldn't hug them. I will hug my friends and family but inanimate objects NO WAY!
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It's interesting that in this day and age where people have a camera in their hand or within immediate reach, so many accounts of bicyclist misbehavior go unrecorded. There's a reason for that.
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The highways around here are full of billboards with motorcycle lawyers looking for injured motorcyclists, I guess there are a lot fewer bicycle riders injured.
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This sounds more like a critical mass, which I'm all for if you have a purpose and everyone is on board.
But this really just sounds like a logistical nightmare. No reason you can't break the ride up into groups of 10-15, spread a mile or so apart.
Aside from bad planning, cyclists are just as much "traffic" as any car and we have the same rights to the road as anyone else (depending on local laws). It might be "obnoxious" but it's generally within your rights as cyclists to take the lane. Constantly feeling guilty and ceding to cars is what gives them their privilege and causes dangerous conditions. If you're gonna own the road, just own it.
But this really just sounds like a logistical nightmare. No reason you can't break the ride up into groups of 10-15, spread a mile or so apart.
Aside from bad planning, cyclists are just as much "traffic" as any car and we have the same rights to the road as anyone else (depending on local laws). It might be "obnoxious" but it's generally within your rights as cyclists to take the lane. Constantly feeling guilty and ceding to cars is what gives them their privilege and causes dangerous conditions. If you're gonna own the road, just own it.
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I've never understood the mentality of group bicyclists or motorcyclists, etc.. I'm not really a loner but don't want to be held up by the slower crowd. When I was in my early teens I did plenty of century rides south to north of Danbury and back.
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I recommend two solutions to this potential catastrophe: 1.) All riders should stay single-file, and as far to the right (or left, in Britain) as they can. There is no excuse for being out in the middle of the road, off of the shoulder. If, during times of no motor traffic, the group does spread out, laterally, then the command "Car Back", from the rear-most rider in the group or group section, should prompt an immediate response from all riders to assume a single-file as far to the right (or left) as they can. If you re not capable of this level of courtesy or control, you shouldn't be on a group ride. 2.) The ride leader should choose a route/time-of-day that is most-likely to minimize the risk inherent in obstructing motor traffic. Share the road.
Oh, I guess another thing to add: quit participating in such a stupid ride!
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Where I live and ride (but don't race), 100 feet per mile would be on the mild side of hilly. More typical would be 150 or 1500+ feet in 10 miles. Yeah, I need lots of gears! But I do love going downhill.
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It's been more than two weeks. Is traffic moving yet or is the group ride still there?