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> If bikers had the curtesy to slow down a bit when the trail / path is crowded. Where I live we have a wonderful bike/pedestrian path which is heavily frequen

> If bikers had the curtesy to slow down a bit when the trail / path is crowded. Where I live we have a wonderful bike/pedestrian path which is heavily frequented whenever there's good weather. The worst offenders are racing bike drivers. Well at least those who like to LARP as such. (50yo, wearing cloth like they would be competing in the Tour de France). They don't have bells on their bikes because "aerodynamics" (my guess) and they drive like absolute madmen down the path (they compete on Strava). I myself got yelled at several times which I usually shrug off or tell them to f** off. But what gets my blood boiling is when those people go out on a Sunday when there's sunny weather and start their BS on a crowded path. The path is frequented by families on weekends and I have seen multiple times how those 40yo/50yo "gentlemen" yell at little children because the kids have the audacity to have fun with their little bikies and thus ruin the racer's Strava times. Our local mountain biking (we're not really mountain terrain yet we still have some single trails) community is completely different. They're nice, they always make room when you meet them in the woods. No problems there. /rant

akadruid1 5y ago
There's something about that hobby. I suspect having "all the gear and no idea" is expensive and somehow they feel entitled. We have a steep winding road near us which is full of blind spots. On a sunny weekend you're guaranteed to encounter a line of cars unable to overtake a 50yo man on foot slowly pushing a expensive carbon frame bicycle up the hill. I live in a very car-central part of the world, I suspect if we had actual cycle infrastructure the hobbyists would be diluted by people actually going somewhere on bikes.
- pharmakom 5y ago
  This 1000x. The types of rider you get are a reflection of the infrastructure you have. Mostly busy roads? Aggressive ,fast male riders. Quiet, physically separated bike lanes? Families, children going to school, cargo bikes...
brippalcharrid 5y ago
This is why it's important that Road Cycling takes place on roads; shared-use paths are designed for everything from small children frolicking about in the sunlight to large slow-moving bicycles and big groups of hikers, whereas road bikes are designed for cruising at >20mph and large turn radii. They are vehicles, and are designed for use on roads in the presence of other vehicles.

akadruid1 5y ago

There's something about that hobby. I suspect having "all the gear and no idea" is expensive and somehow they feel entitled. We have a steep winding road near us which is full of blind spots. On a sunny weekend you're guaranteed to encounter a line of cars unable to overtake a 50yo man on foot slowly pushing a expensive carbon frame bicycle up the hill. I live in a very car-central part of the world, I suspect if we had actual cycle infrastructure the hobbyists would be diluted by people actually going somewhere on bikes.

pharmakom 5y ago
This 1000x. The types of rider you get are a reflection of the infrastructure you have. Mostly busy roads? Aggressive ,fast male riders. Quiet, physically separated bike lanes? Families, children going to school, cargo bikes...

brippalcharrid 5y ago

This is why it's important that Road Cycling takes place on roads; shared-use paths are designed for everything from small children frolicking about in the sunlight to large slow-moving bicycles and big groups of hikers, whereas road bikes are designed for cruising at >20mph and large turn radii. They are vehicles, and are designed for use on roads in the presence of other vehicles.