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It sucked to be cycling on a shared path with rollerbladers. They’d take up the whole lane. I’m glad they’re gone.
by Finnucane 5y ago
It sucked to be cycling on a shared path with rollerbladers. They’d take up the whole lane. I’m glad they’re gone.
- futhey 5y agoIt also sucks to be a single rollerblader on a multi-use path with a gang of bikers who can't seem to understand they're taking up both lanes designed to be used to travel in both directions. Nobody knows how to use anything even resembling a road.
- elcapitan 5y agoI see this a lot on some leisure area in Berlin here (the old airport Tempelhof). The problem is that there usually is a big difference in skill level betwen cyclists and rollerbladers. Cyclists are normally quite experienced in what they do, and can control their space usage pretty well. Rollerbladers only do it once a week at best, and stumble around like drunk teenagers, going very wide and slow. A skilled rollerblader wouldn't really need more space than a cyclist.
- djmips 5y agoA roller blading stride takes more width than a cyclist by a bit because you push back and out otherwise you aren't very efficient.
- elcapitan 5y agoWell yeah depends also on the cyclist, if they are going rather quiet or out of the saddle. The main issue is the super wide and unpredictable path that inexperienced skaters take.
- pcmaffey 5y agoThis only applies to people still learning how to skate. I used to rollerblade all around manhattan. A good skater takes up as much room as a pedestrian, but is moving much faster, can zip in and out of crowds like pylons, and use edgework to accelerate without the largesse strides. It’s incredibly fun as a rollerblader’s mobility is infinitely greater than a skateboard .