7 cyclist....3 wide no wonder we are hated.

[GrumpyGregry]

3 wide is a piss take ...for future reference the 7 cyclist should read the HC

I've ridden three and four wide on an NSL dual carriageway, blockading the lane to protect riders in front of me.
I've ridden more than two abreast on a rural SC to keep the nobber driver following us from attempting a silly overtake.

It isn't a piss take. It is a cyclists way of saying "I'll determine how to manage the danger you represent to me thanks, because you will always make the wrong call. And my risk is HUGE."

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Just coming home with the boss and a road that comes off the east lancs was at a standstill.....7 bikes all decent but plodding with 3 wide at some points..why?? FFS no wonder drivers get pissed off with us at times..i was wound up myself...jesus.

Please see this instructional video and the folowing diagram..

It's likely that the riders were staggered as in group B so that it appeared they were three abreast from behind.

GC

 

[coco69]

You really have latched onto that HC thing, since you learned about it earlier.

I have indeed....this forum is great for being educated in not just how to do tasks....dont knock it my friend

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Not all of them

Good. We can't have rowdy shout cyclists ruining the peace and quite of the land by drowning out the noise of the motors.

 

[coco69]

I've ridden three and four wide on an NSL dual carriageway, blockading the lane to protect riders in front of me.
I've ridden more than two abreast on a rural SC to keep the nobber driver following us from attempting a silly overtake.

It isn't a piss take. It is a cyclists way of saying "I'll determine how to manage the danger you represent to me thanks, because you will always make the wrong call. And my risk is HUGE."

Disagree..its a piss take

 

[coco69]

I am not knocking it, just commenting on your previous ignorance of something that really should be a bit of a Bible for any road user.

Educate me more Adrian

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Please see this instructional video and the folowing diagram..

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It's likely that the riders were staggered as in group B so that it appeared they were three abreast from behind.

GC

Passing group A is not impossible. Passing group A safely in a single overtaking manoeuvre is impossible. But who gives a sh1te when you're driving a car? The rider fourth from the front is a smug lycra clad gobshite and the world will be well rid of him.

 

[winjim]

What a nasty thread.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Disagree..its a piss take

Then you are most probably a driver, and sadly incapable of thinking other than as one, despite riding a bike. And if not a driver you're over conditioned by our motor-centric culture. Try to think outside the steel box.

 

[coco69]

Im a driver a motorcyclist..a pilot and a cyclist....not bad at decorating either

 

[Pale Rider]

Try to think outside the steel box.

One or two on here need to think outside the cloistered world of cycle forums.

Riding in the manner described will annoy drivers - simple matter of fact.

An annoyed driver is a dangerous driver - another simple matter of fact.

There are times to stand your ground and make your point, but that situation is not one of them.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

One or two on here need to think outside the cloistered world of cycle forums.

Riding in the manner described will annoy drivers - simple matter of fact.

An annoyed driver is a dangerous driver - another simple matter of fact.

There are times to stand your ground and make your point, but that situation is not one of them.

Neither of your matters of fact are matters of fact. Next!

 

[mjr]

3 wide is a piss take ...for future reference the 7 cyclist should read the HC

And yet in

Read the full thread please lol....i dont wear a helmet.. i use a 32 cassette. It must just be me

is an admission of ignoring Rule 59 (as many of us do). Why should the magnificent 7 follow dodgy advice in the HC when @coco69 doesn't?

 

[contadino]

'driver' = 'cyclist' = 'other road user'

 

[growingvegetables]

What are you applying for?

GC

@coco69 's lost his job ... post #72