Rant begins:
Shyit, what’s it with these cycling commuters? Sure they gotta balance, but how about giving some room over to oncoming cyclists, like myself & taking into account people as people & not witches hats.
Some of my route into work everyday takes me onto shared pathways with pedestrians & other cyclists etc, which is fine by me. Pedestrians aren’t that much of a problem as they’re pretty slow moving so their wandering can be accounted for as I approach them. But oncoming cyclists are another thing. Some barrel right through, straight into me if I don’t swerve off & others do the ‘swing right to turn left’ [vice-versa] when I’m right up their clacker. This morning I came to a complete halt more than once to let other bikes cross my path, before I had to continue on, and this was guys just swerving left & right heading in the same direction as me.
Maybe I’m getting old & grumpy, but I have noticed now more than ever, pedestrians freezing in their spot as a bike approaches, and cyclists all forging their own path through a crowd instead of channelling a uniform line.
I suppose these riders are all experts but Joe public doesn’t appreciate the fly-by with inches to spare as much as the said rider did.
…where are my slippers?