Shoaaaaaling

The video the GoPro recorded this evening after work - riding north on Dearborn... the amount of unisex shoaling was so overwhelming... I actually yelled out on Dearborn and Whacker - SHOALERS!

Almost every intersection had women and men and Divvy shoalers.

Unisex.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on August 26, 2018 at 5:14pm

Heh, I didn't know Clint Eastwood starred in that show. Go ahead, punk shoaler, make my day!

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Permalink Reply by David Henri on August 28, 2018 at 2:41am

Oh my god, I'm laughing my ass off. You have a talent for songwriting.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on August 2, 2018 at 3:22am

Does it count as shoaling if the person ahead of you stops 10 feet before the big white stripe? I hope not, as when confronted with that situation this morning I went ahead and stopped at the line.

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Permalink Reply by V W on August 2, 2018 at 5:04am

I was trying to give the white stripe a respectful distance, SHOALER!!!

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Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on August 10, 2018 at 8:58am

Found this pro-shoaling article for you to read while I was recovering.

https://slate.com/business/2018/08/it-is-ok-to-cut-off-cyclists-at-...

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Permalink Reply by David Barish on August 27, 2018 at 3:14am

Yesterday I was leading a small group that was not going fast. We were on Damen going perhaps 12 mph and a person on a Divvy who we had passed a few blocks before then shoaled and got in front of us. I waited for traffic to allow me so I could pass the 9 mph Divvy rider. My group got split as some were not able to pass due to traffic. I was thrilled when I saw the Divvy turn before we reached the next light. This was not a matter of pride or annoyance, it was simply dangerous. I was going to gently explain this if we had an encounter at the next light as I felt responsible for the group I was leading.