Pet Peeves Among the Pedals

Not about pedestrians, not about motorists, just about our fellow cyclists. We are all so different that stuff is bound to frustrate when we approach riding in such different ways, explain to those we think are less experienced, etc. Ok, tell us your stories, tell us your pet peeves, we're all friends! 

I'll start out with a pet peeve of mine... The cyclist that blows past me so close to me I felt the wind of their SWOOOOOSH as they fly past me but they say nothing to warn me. We're in tight quarters in the bike lane. Buy a bell and/or tell me you are there! 

p.s. sure, your pet peeve may be the forum post that's been done before but I kinda feel like this tucks into other topics so this time I'm giving the pedal pet peeve front and center.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 29, 2017 at 4:25am

Shoaling and salmoning, obviously. :)

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on June 29, 2017 at 9:24am

My downtown riding right now is all on DIVVY, as much as possible in the "protected" bike lanes. Those lanes aren't overly wide, so it really grates me when people salmon in them. Where the f**k am I supposed to go to safely get around these stupid fish?

Peevishly, y'rs,

Skip

Permalink Reply by Frank Brichetto on July 10, 2017 at 10:11am

my technique is to nose my bike toward the curb or car, with the rear wheel still angled into the lane.  Make them swerve into head-on traffic to get around me, because I won't do it.

Permalink Reply by Sean Newby on June 29, 2017 at 4:55am

usage of lights on the lakefront at night.

please, lights do not need to be aimed straight forward, they do not need to be at their highest output setting, and can we kill the seizure inducing strobe effect?

of course this is trumped by the ninja lances who won't use lights at all...

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 29, 2017 at 5:11am

I generally stop at the white line, especially when there are pedestrians in the crosswalk. Why do some cyclists insist on blowing through the crosswalk, narrowly missing the pedestrians by mere inches, only to stop on the other side of the crosswalk? You're not going anywhere. The light is red, and the cross traffic is bumper to bumper. Why are you putting the pedestrians at risk with your thread-the-needle stunt?

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 29, 2017 at 5:27am

^This is a good one. Very annoying behavior. We should be as courteous to pedestrians as we want drivers to be to us.

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on June 29, 2017 at 5:32am

guilty! full disclosure: I don't do it if pedestrians are in front of me but I do go to the other side of the walk at a red (maybe a back tire in the cross walk but plenty of room for pedestrians) so that cars can see me. When I am parallel to the cars, there's a possibility of them turning right without seeing me or moving to close to the bike lane. 

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on June 29, 2017 at 6:44am

It's ok. You can judge me. ;-)

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 29, 2017 at 6:49am

No issue if a) there are no pedestrians are in the crosswalk, or b) one stops before the crosswalk, and then slowly moves through the crosswalk when pedestrians are not present.

The other day I saw a cyclist fly through at high speed in a gap that was no wider than 3 feet.

Permalink Reply by Maurice on June 29, 2017 at 10:02am

I agree with all of this.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 30, 2017 at 2:36am

As Argonne says above, I agree it's OK and safe in the non-pedestrian context!

Permalink Reply by Sarah D. on June 30, 2017 at 6:23pm

Just repeating this: 

We should be as courteous to pedestrians as we want drivers to be to us.

YES!

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