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Pete Logan
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I ride two lane roads, and there is definitely an 'etiquette'.
If another rider comes up behind me I expect that he will give me time to see him. I expect that he will fall in about 50 yards behind and wait. I give him a hand signal to say I have seen him, and stay in the center of the lane.
When I see a reasonable passing opportunity for him, I will pull over to the right and give him a hand signal to pass.
I expect that he will give me room when he does. He may or may may not cross the white line. As long as I have seen and signalled him, it's OK by me if he doesn't. Sometimes I will signal a rider to pass when there is oncoming traffic, and he will lane split to get past me.
Around here we get a lot of crotch rocket riders who just blast straight through. That is not a good idea. I always keep an eye out for them at the next stop :-D
If you are the rider behind, then always make sure the slower rider in front has seen you and has given you the go ahead to pass. If he's cool with splitting the lane, then go ahead and do it.
Communicate with your fellow riders. Never, ever pass another rider unless you are stone cold certain that he knows you are there, and knows that you are going to pass.
Never, ever accept any other behavior from other riders. If another rider passes you when you are not comfortable with the pass and have communicated that to him, then he is wrong, and needs to be 'corrected'.
If you pass with contempt, then it would be best not to stop for awhile. Otherwise I might catch up with you on my slow, fat, lazy old shovelhead, and then I will buy you a cup of coffee while we discuss road etiquette
We are at enough risk from other road users. We don't need to be taking each other out.
If another rider comes up behind me I expect that he will give me time to see him. I expect that he will fall in about 50 yards behind and wait. I give him a hand signal to say I have seen him, and stay in the center of the lane.
When I see a reasonable passing opportunity for him, I will pull over to the right and give him a hand signal to pass.
I expect that he will give me room when he does. He may or may may not cross the white line. As long as I have seen and signalled him, it's OK by me if he doesn't. Sometimes I will signal a rider to pass when there is oncoming traffic, and he will lane split to get past me.
Around here we get a lot of crotch rocket riders who just blast straight through. That is not a good idea. I always keep an eye out for them at the next stop :-D
If you are the rider behind, then always make sure the slower rider in front has seen you and has given you the go ahead to pass. If he's cool with splitting the lane, then go ahead and do it.
Communicate with your fellow riders. Never, ever pass another rider unless you are stone cold certain that he knows you are there, and knows that you are going to pass.
Never, ever accept any other behavior from other riders. If another rider passes you when you are not comfortable with the pass and have communicated that to him, then he is wrong, and needs to be 'corrected'.
If you pass with contempt, then it would be best not to stop for awhile. Otherwise I might catch up with you on my slow, fat, lazy old shovelhead, and then I will buy you a cup of coffee while we discuss road etiquette
We are at enough risk from other road users. We don't need to be taking each other out.
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