Do YOU yell at cyclists to get off the road?

[jessmarimba]

No, but I get yelled at by cyclists to get on the sidewalk when I run on the road!

(I can't run on concrete - I will usually pop out of their way if I have time or see cars that will endanger them, but it doesn't stop them from yelling!)

[Antaresia]

I've told other people (kids) to use the right side of a round-about. They have signs on all of them showing you to keep right; why people go left is beyond me. I don't really want to pass you in of one of those things, even less so if there is a car or two around.

I've been told "riding on the sidewalk is illegal, you know", which I thought was funny. I only hopped up there because I was going into the very apartment complex the lady was yelling from, I really didn't think biking a couple of feet would get me in trouble
I can't get away with anything!

[Velocivixen]

If you truly hope to help their riding skills or knowledge, then shouting at them in any capacity won't help. A lot of people also don't give a sh*t what others say, so they're not willing to be helped anyway.
Also, you don't know their particular situation, as mentioned in Darcy's post above.

So....no, don't yell. It doesn't help.

[TsPoet]

You are all right, of course.
A few years ago, I thought about trying to buy a dozen copies of "the art of urban cycling" to throw at them instead. Not work, might hurt someone, and expensive - still I thought about it.

[Crankin]

I think the OP's question is a different issue than someone telling you what to do on a group ride. I've never experienced that, but I only ride with a group that wouldn't do that... and they are not training rides. I've instructed people when I am leading a ride (i.e. drop down a gear, spin, try moving back on the saddle), but that is part of my job. I've had a couple of people on our rides (always men) get pissed when I tell them some kind of safety instruction, like please move right, single file, a car is coming.
As far as the yelling at those breaking the law.. well, I do it. Not all of the time, but when it looks like someone's in danger, or on the very rare occasion I am on a bike path. Mostly they give you a dumb stare, not really angry, just like, "what the hell are you talking about?" A few years ago, when I lived in a different town, DH and I were coming home from a ride. We were on the street that our development was off of. It would be classified as a country road, narrow and windy, but fairly busy. Suburban-rural. Anyway, we came upon our neighbor, who was riding with his 2 kids. The kids had helmets on, and were riding on the right side of the road. He had no helmet on and was riding against the traffic. I yelled out, "Jim, you need to set a good example... wear a helmet and ride with the traffic." He listened, because next time, he had a helmet on. And although this guy went to Yale, he didn't exactly have good judgement, as he had a couple of DUIs. Safety was not a concern.
Truthfully, I remember riding the wrong way down Rural Rd. in Tempe in the 1980s. Then one day, I had a funky incident with a car at an intersection and I realized the error of my ways. But, that's what I was taught as a kid, so who knew? I would not have been mad if another cyclist had told me.

[zoom-zoom]

This reminds me, I did have to yell at a guy earlier in the week on the MUP (which I hate riding, but there are short sections where it's necessary to get to my house). He was weaving all over and looking behind him (at who or what, I don't know). I was oncoming and it was becoming apparent that if I didn't say something it would end badly. I hollered "eyes forward" and he about jumped off his saddle. In the same spot a few years ago there was a woman on a bike watching her granddaughter on a bike behind her. My son was on a trail-a-bike behind me and we were headed towards collision. I hollered to get her attention and move to one side and her response was "well, I need to watch my granddaughter." I pointed out that her GDD should be IN FRONT of her, then.

I really wonder how some people have made it beyond adulthood, sometimes.

[DarcyInOregon]

I am mostly a rural road cyclist, and I bike focused, so when I see down the road a distance runner, or the can collecting bike guy, or a lady pushing a tram coming at me head-on, I merely move out into the traffic lane a bit more, force whatever vehicles there may be to go around all of us, zip on by and never give it another thought. However, what really annoys me no end because it is a type of cycling that can endanger me, and that is having cyclists in front of me or behind me who are pedaling with one hand and yapping, texting or emailing on their cell phone with their other hand, totally oblivious to vehicles, pedestrians or other cyclists. The people on the other end of the phone are just as guilty, knowing they are texting, chatting, emailing with a guy who is out on his bike.

Texting the cycling buddies is great, particularly when there is a dozen of us out on an event ride, and everyone is riding at a different pace and gotten spread out. We can text each other as to where we are and can regroup or meet up after the ride for a meal, even text about the killer nasty hill. However, when I am on my bike, and my cell phone rings or burps, I don't look at it until I am stopped by the side of the road, and safely out of the way of other cyclists and vehicles. But I see cyclists who are texting while biking, don't even know that I am passing them on the left because all they can focus on is their cell phone - and that is incredibly dangerous.