First, I understand where you're coming from...out of curiosity, with a 10% grade down for one mile, how long were you following her?
Frankly, it seems like the profile of a spot where I'd be inclined to "take the lane" to avoid getting pushed to the shoulder by a car on one of those turns...
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01-17-2011, 04:14 PM #1
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01-17-2011, 04:31 PM #2
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This occurred to me also. That said, perhaps Kenny Rogers said it best: "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em..."
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01-17-2011, 04:40 PM #3
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I have found the same problem in a popular spot down here...girls stopped in the bike lane to text...REALLY... or the girl on the mountain bike that pushes you into traffic when you pass. I believe that ignorance is bliss, she has almost never ridden with a group and never in a good cycling area with other riders, I'm sure she doesn't know what "on your left" means. It's gonna take one guy behind her in a car that lays on his horn. She has no clue...I wish that with every bike that is sold there was some kind of "safe riding" manual to give people a clue!
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01-17-2011, 04:44 PM #4
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people that want to hate cyclists use the same mentality "All cyclists in my neighborhood blow through stop signs" excuse me, I live in your neighborhood and I don't do that.
however, on a road like you described, I might have taken the lane too. the shoulder isn't very safe especially at higher speeds. How many seconds were you delayed by her hogging the road?I like Bikes - Mimi
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01-17-2011, 04:46 PM #5
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Sometimes when I'm descending on my bike, I get held up by cars...
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01-17-2011, 04:42 PM #6
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I get ticked off at cyclists quite often!
No helmet, no lights, no observance of driving conventions---> depending on my mood, my response can range from eye rolling to cursing.Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.
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01-17-2011, 04:43 PM #7
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Maybe she's in training for something like DMD or the Terrible Two and is doing hill repeats. It sounds like you live on a little country road with not much traffic so she may think it's the perfect place for a workout like that.
What's the speed limit on your road? It would not surprise me if descending she was doing at least the speed limit. In which case, I would not give up the lane either.
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