Abuse by fellow cyclists.

[Venod]

After a shift in this heat I cannot go any faste

A quick scan through, and I read that without a f in shift.

 

[Mr Celine]

When faced with an oncoming cyclist on the wrong side of the road say loudly, in a variety of appalling accents -
Conduisez a gauche
Links Fahren
Tenere la sinestre
Y'all ride on the left.

Guaranteed they'll give you a wide berth.

 

[snorri]

When faced with an oncoming cyclist on the wrong side of the road say loudly, in a variety of appalling accents -

Why shout? You can pick up signs with that message for the front of your bike from your nearest ferry terminal.

 

[theclaud]

Surely it's all about the nature of the space? I get mildly irritated by cyclists on the seafront path (especially if they appear to be experienced bike handlers) approaching me on the 'wrong' side, but it happens with such frequency that it must be a consequence of the path itself, and of the kind of space its users perceive themselves to be in. I think it's good to encourage people to use that space in a less disciplined way. I tend towards the vehicular on a bike, and am usually on the path as part of a commute, so I behave as if on a small road, but others may not experience the space as a road at all. I made a conscious decision to chill out about it, and when the path is very busy I either resign myself to erratic pedestrian and cyclist behaviour or go on the road. The discipline required on the road is only necessary because of the danger - the opposite scenario is the one @User13710 describes, where slow-moving people simply dodge one another in the course of their everyday business. We need to make roads (in places where people need or want to be) more like linear parks, and not the other way round, so we should welcome the need to switch out of our default way of making progress.

 

[fatjel]

Theres a shared path between Burry Port and Llanelli I use now and then which is plenty wide enough for all so it can be done

As to rogue cyclist making the hating motorists hate ,

They hate me just as often when I'm driving my car within the speed limit

 

[theclaud]

Theres a shared path between Burry Port and Llanelli I use now and then which is plenty wide enough for all so it can be done

As to rogue cyclist making the hating motorists hate ,

They hate me just as often when I'm driving my car within the speed limit

I love that path, which isn't so much a path at all but a spacious road through a linear park, on which cars aren't allowed but pedestrians and cyclists can do whatever they like. Pedestrians wander all over it, slow cyclists bimble, and fast cyclists can hammer along at a gratifying pace simply by taking a bit of care and following a few self-imposed rules. Win-win.

 

[mjr]

Why shout? You can pick up signs with that message for the front of your bike from your nearest ferry terminal.

Sadly not. They speak English in West Lynn too or something approximating it