Thats because you are polite and a concientious cyclist freecyclist. I also look for ways to give way to help keep traffic moving, and move over or even stop to allow this. But when you get some cyclists telling you they will even take a very wide primary position to stop oncoming traffic from overtaking also, it goes to show how some feel they have a right to dictate other road users actions as and when they deem safe, even if this is not the case, as may be seen by a vehicle on the other side of the road, wondering why this cyclist is near the middle of the road when it has plenty of room to not be. These type would rather cause delay and annoyance instead of pulling over and just letting faster vehicles go. This mentality of cyclist is the main cause of our bad name on the road. You keep doing what you do, it gets good reactions from all motorists we may encounter. And as a personal opinion, a large number of cyclists who have been killed or injured in this type of scenario, are the ones with this same mentality. They either didnt give an inch, or blocked on purpose, and didnt factor in that not every driver is expecting what they did. After all it does look very bad mannered when a cyclist tries to delay vehicles on purpose, as this is how it looks to the average motorist. If I find myself in a situation that looks like vehicles want to get passed and the pass room is tight, ill pull over and let them go, rather than block them or make it more difficult for them on purpose. Oh and when the personal insults start showing their heads, you know the ones saying it are getting stuck for words or are getting annoyed
Oh and hi all, long time no debate?
And another favourite is to be called a troll by anyone who doesnt agree with what your proposing
