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Quote from: Hocky on September 28, 2014, 01:24:21 PM... And as sad as it is, 3/4th of the time these are the guys in shop jerseys. My impression is that this type of rider thinks they have the skill to ride around others without anyone stopping. What they don't seem to understand, or more likely don't care about, is that many of the other riders aren't at all comfortable with this.
... And as sad as it is, 3/4th of the time these are the guys in shop jerseys.
Quote from: gmcttr on September 28, 2014, 03:49:33 PMQuote from: Hocky on September 28, 2014, 01:24:21 PM... And as sad as it is, 3/4th of the time these are the guys in shop jerseys. My impression is that this type of rider thinks they have the skill to ride around others without anyone stopping. What they don't seem to understand, or more likely don't care about, is that many of the other riders aren't at all comfortable with this.Exactly.I've seen it too many times.For many new riders, just being out on the singletrack is a big experience....then you guy these riders that can't take 10 seconds out of their day to stop and pass/yield safely. It's pretty sad really.
I consider cutting my speed to barely above walking pace and moving as far to the side as possible 'yielding'. Most of my encounters have been the opposite of what's discussed here, ie: the climber pulls off and stops. This leads me to believe they don't consider my actions 'yielding'. Thoughts?
Why ride the same old places? Try riding some other places less frequented by most people. There are plenty of them. But bad etiquette is bad etiquette.
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