to turn left we use put our left arms out and point left.

to stop some of us put our hand palm open and facing out on our butt. Some will put their left hand down the side again palm open and facing toward the back.

to point debris out we point with our forefinger and shake our wrist. or if its a stretch, then we wave the area by moving our forearm from the elbows or the whole arm from the shoulder i.e. bunch of parallel parked cars...

so far easy.

now about the right turns. I put my right arm out and point to the right. Some prefer to raise their left hand up (as you are told from the driving school). European guy said how stupid, point up with your left hand up? gonna take off into the sky or something?

And I've known of one club where they told the riders not to take their hands off the handlebars and yell out. No hand signals. I found that rather peculiar.

Now in a pelaton we sit up and raise hand straight up to signal a flat. and drift out of the pelaton out of the back then onto the shoulder.

So Eden what about the right turn signalling?

Oh at times, you can't take your hands off the handlebars so we just yell out. Lead guy yelled out "POT HOLE" and the only thing I could do and several others were to just jump the big gaping hole in the ground It was on a technical descent going around 60Km/hr. No way to swerve out of the way unless you wanted to take out about dozen or more people. Still a fun ride not a race.

Shawn