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Permalink Reply by wig [ isaac ] on June 2, 2010 at 12:31pm

The LFP is the only reason I stay ....

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Permalink Reply by andy on June 7, 2010 at 6:25pm

Juan Dominguez said:

...this lycra dude passes me on my left at a crowded stretch without saying anything. So I pass him up, being rude and all just like him....

forgive my ignorance but i've just moved here and have wondered what the local protocol is regarding letting other cyclists know you're overtaking them. if they're weaving all over then an "on your left" is obviously called for but is it rude to pass w/o saying anything if the other rider is holding his line and you're moving a good bit faster than they are?

as someone that is occasionally a "racing lycra man", i don't want to be thought of as rude.

i'm only 1/2 kidding here. i just moved here from michigan and 99% of my riding was either at night or out in the country. riding through traffic and with other cyclists is something i'm getting used to, but am really learning to love.

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Permalink Reply by Moc Artsy on June 8, 2010 at 2:56am

Please invest in a bell. They really don't weigh that much. I know everyone with a carbon bike thinks they can "watch our lines" and move silently around us, but I've been clipped more than once when anyone watching my "line" should have seen that i was going to have to move left to pass a slower rider on my steel bike. Letting us know you are there would really help. I have a nice brass bell on my slower steel bike just for this purpose, since I'm passing everyone except the carbon frame riders, but I am letting them know that I am overtaking. I was also very nearly killed riding in Busse woods when some weekend seasonal rider tried to pass me on the right on his TT-barred Cervelo exactly at the point where the trail exits to the parking lot on the right, which is where I was heading. A little bit of courtesy and a lot more common sense.

andy said:

Juan Dominguez said:

...this lycra dude passes me on my left at a crowded stretch without saying anything. So I pass him up, being rude and all just like him....

forgive my ignorance but i've just moved here and have wondered what the local protocol is regarding letting other cyclists know you're overtaking them. if they're weaving all over then an "on your left" is obviously called for but is it rude to pass w/o saying anything if the other rider is holding his line and you're moving a good bit faster than they are?

as someone that is occasionally a "racing lycra man", i don't want to be thought of as rude.

i'm only 1/2 kidding here. i just moved here from michigan and 99% of my riding was either at night or out in the country. riding through traffic and with other cyclists is something i'm getting used to, but am really learning to love.

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Permalink Reply by Finch on June 8, 2010 at 2:59am

I only get annoyed when another biker passes me too closely without a warning. If I am passing someone and they are over to the right & holding their line, I'll zip past them. I only call out when their behavior is erratic or if they are center/left in the lane and I'll have to pass them a bit closely.

But I see plenty of people call out to everyone they pass, and see plenty of people to don't appear to call out to anyone.



andy said:

Juan Dominguez said:

...this lycra dude passes me on my left at a crowded stretch without saying anything. So I pass him up, being rude and all just like him....

forgive my ignorance but i've just moved here and have wondered what the local protocol is regarding letting other cyclists know you're overtaking them. if they're weaving all over then an "on your left" is obviously called for but is it rude to pass w/o saying anything if the other rider is holding his line and you're moving a good bit faster than they are?

as someone that is occasionally a "racing lycra man", i don't want to be thought of as rude.

i'm only 1/2 kidding here. i just moved here from michigan and 99% of my riding was either at night or out in the country. riding through traffic and with other cyclists is something i'm getting used to, but am really learning to love.

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on June 8, 2010 at 3:22am

Around the warmer months, no matter how rude or polite one is, there is always a higher risk of injury from other fools and so many moving variables. Dogs, loose water bottles, running kids, crazy speed demon cyclists, ect... Still alot of fun is one is lucky enough to steer clear of the drama.

take care.

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