Doubling Up On Road

[mangaman]

are we allowed to sit side by side at the table drinking tea?

Of course not

There may be a coffee drinker in a great hurry trying to get past to an adjacent table.

It's just common decency Ian - surely you can see that?

 

[Mad at urage]

None of my cycling mates are able to go out with me tonight...I'll have to weave across the road instead.

But tomorrow I should be going out in a group - how many riders do you reckon we could manage side by side?

Tandems?

According to some silly driver this morning, I was riding three in a row! See ... I can take up far more room than any of you amateurs .

 

[Dave Davenport]

According to some silly driver this morning, I was riding three in a row! See ... I can take up far more room than any of you amateurs .

Are your Tim Brook-Taylor?

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Of course not

There may be a coffee drinker in a great hurry trying to get past to an adjacent table.

It's just common decency Ian - surely you can see that?

But maybe some of us want an eclair as well?


WHAT ABOUT CAKES?

 

[briantrumpet]

WHAT ABOUT CAKES?

It's easier to eat two cakes in a row than two abreast. But you should always wear a helmet when doing so.

 

[John the Monkey]

It's easier to eat two cakes in a row than two abreast. But you should always wear a helmet when doing so.

I eat lemon meringues because of their high visibility filling. And also only the yellow ones out of off of Fondant Fancies.

 

[Poacher]

Well, I suppose all you militant extremists are happy now you've silenced the voice of the sensible majority.

Poor freecyclist can't get a non-sequitur in sideways!

 

[Bicycle]

You get these militant cyclists, all clubbing together and forming a sort of opinion peloton.

There's no way a contrary view is going to get past them in those twisty lanes of contention.

A little courtesy goes a long way.

 

[John the Monkey]

A little courtesy goes a long way.

Unless you're meeting a crowned head of state, in which case a large courtesy is proper form for ladies. I read it in Debretts.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

critical mass rides can be 20 abreast........

 

[benb]

A little courtesy goes a long way.

No-one is disagreeing with that.

 

[freecyclist]

Well, I suppose all you militant extremists are happy now you've silenced the voice of the sensible majority.

Poor freecyclist can't get a non-sequitur in sideways!

Quiet but not quite silenced - however im sure the jackbooted cycling militants will not stop with their relentless attempts to derail sensible discussion and questioning their extremist procycling agenda until every last dissenting voice is silenced and their militant opinion is the only one that dares raise its voice.

 

[freecyclist]

Why do you insist on arguing against imaginary points of view? (actually, I know why, but I'd like you to try and explain it)
No-one has said we shouldn't show consideration to others - no-one!

If you want an argument, and you clearly do, please can you argue against positions that people actually hold, rather than ones that only exist in your fevered imagination.

And you wonder why people think you're a troll.

Ftao ben + r2d2.
I do not agree that everyone is saying that cyclists should be considerate to other road users and allow other traffic to overtake whenever safe to do so.
It has been argued that cyclists should not make concessions to motorists - given that it is agreed that riding 2abreast is entirely legal it follows that for cyclists to single out / not ride 2abreast specifically to allow motorist to overtake safely quite clearly constitutes making a concession.
I would regard such concessions as highly commendable but others have described them as spineless.
My opinion is that cyclists should be considerate to other road users and allow other traffic to overtake when safe to do so.
The cycling militants ability to offer such courtesies is cloudied by their procycling/anti motorist ideology of asserting cyclists rights , reclaiming the roads from motorists and redressing the cyclist/motorist powerbalance - not making concessions to motorists is one manifestation of this ideology.
Asserting cyclist rights to be on the road obviously goes from the entirely legitimate (to be recommended) right to the other end of the spectrum where it interferes with best practice regarding consideration for other road users and thats when it is extreme and selfish and gives cyclists in general a bad name and should be unequivocaly condemned by all responsible cyclists.

 

[freecyclist]

Link please.

To what particular bit r2.

 

[freecyclist]

"It has been argued that cyclists should not make concessions to motorists"

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