Quote Originally Posted by featuretile View Post
I was surprised that I felt upset with a cyclist since I am one and I am super conscious and respectful of cyclists when I drive a car. I did not expect her to move over into a shoulder (full of debris or not) - there is no shoulder. On most of the road she needs to be in the middle. The pull outs are for cars and they are paved. She was riding a bike that had straight handlebars. The speedometer on my car read 15mph going down the hill behind her, so given the steepness, I assumed she was riding her brakes. I was not close enough to see her hands.

I certainly don't mind driving down a road after a fast cyclist. I don't need to be in front of a bike and I'm not worried about being 30 seconds late. I was worried about her safety. And yes, I was annoyed (my bad). There are blind corners and cars who will be ascending that won't see her. There have been times when a car going up and a car going down meet on a blind corner, and it's pretty close (there have been a few car to car accidents), so no one is driving that road faster than 25mph. I would not want to be in the middle on a bike in that situation. Why is it so incorrect for me to say what I would do?

As for people looking at my house, that's pretty weird.
I assumed too much when I posted my vitrolic remark. And my sincere apology to featuretile for my remarks against her. Also please read Eden's thread on what it means to share the road. It's great post.

peace to all,