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Which side of a path?
"Geoff Pearson" wrote in message ... Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? Round here people seem to ride on the right as much as the left - annoying. There are lots of cycle tracks and dual-use pavements with regular opportunity for collision. If you value your safety stick to the road. |
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Which side of a path?
Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when
facing oncoming cyclists? Round here people seem to ride on the right as much as the left - annoying. There are lots of cycle tracks and dual-use pavements with regular opportunity for collision. |
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"Geoff Pearson" wrote in message ... Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? Round here people seem to ride on the right as much as the left - annoying. There are lots of cycle tracks and dual-use pavements with regular opportunity for collision. Well if everyone stuck to the well known convention of staying to the left except when overtaking 1 I think things would run more smoothly and safely. When our daughter was small we used to shout "keep left" to her but it was really aimed at the dolts coming the other way. 1 Except when riding technical off-road trails when consideration for what the on-coming rider is doing comes into it. Pete |
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"Geoff Pearson" wrote in message
... Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? Round here people seem to ride on the right as much as the left - annoying. There are lots of cycle tracks and dual-use pavements with regular opportunity for collision. Surely there is a _convention_, which is the same as on the roads - keep left. The problem is some people who ride bikes on cycle tracks etc. seem not to have noticed... They are probably people who have never grown up, in cycling terms, since they were children riding on the pavement without being aware of custom and practice. Rich |
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"Richard Goodman" wrote in message ... "Geoff Pearson" wrote in message ... Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? Round here people seem to ride on the right as much as the left - annoying. There are lots of cycle tracks and dual-use pavements with regular opportunity for collision. Surely there is a _convention_, which is the same as on the roads - keep left. The problem is some people who ride bikes on cycle tracks etc. seem not to have noticed... They are probably people who have never grown up, in cycling terms, since they were children riding on the pavement without being aware of custom and practice. Rich Well you'd have thought it would be left in this country. Could have fooled me round here though. Wobbling about on the pavement towards oncoming traffic seems to be another local convention. Quite worrying when you are riding up the road correctly towards them..... |
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On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 15:56:35 -0000, "Geoff Pearson"
wrote: Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? The far side of the kerb, the bit where the vehicles go HTH ;-) Guy === ** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. http://chapmancentral.demon.co.uk |
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Geoff Pearson wrote:
Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? Round here people seem to ride on the right as much as the left - annoying. There are lots of cycle tracks and dual-use pavements with regular opportunity for collision. My wife dragged me around Bluewater the other day christmas shopping. Whilst she shopped I lurked out on the walkways and observed the flow of pedestrian movements. It quickly became clear that most - but not all - pedestrians choose to pass to the right. I assume this is to do with right handedness being more prevalent. Where pedestrians passed to the left there was often more eye contact and clearer body language showing intent as the less usual movement was 'negotiated'. I think that many cyclists using paths where they are encountering pedestrians have adopted pedestrian conventions which then brings them into conflict with cyclists who are using road conventions. regards Malcolm |
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how about you apply a little common sense and try to answer the question
yourself. here's a hint - if you ride on the right hand side of the road what's going to eventually happen to you? -- |
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"Jinx" wrote in message ...
Geoff Pearson wrote: Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? My wife dragged me around Bluewater the other day christmas shopping. ...I lurked out on the walkways and observed the flow of pedestrian movements. It quickly became clear that most - but not all - pedestrians choose to pass to the right. I assume this is to do with right handedness being more prevalent. ... I would imagine that this could also be to do with the convention that pedestrians walk on the right hand side of a road with no pavement so that they face (and see) oncoming traffic. best wishes james |
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On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 15:56:35 -0000, "Geoff Pearson" wrote: Is there any convention on which side of a path or track to ride on when facing oncoming cyclists? I do find it extremely rare to come across an approaching rider. However I have noticed that whatever the width of the path, I tend to ride about a half metre from the left hand edge (i.e. where I normally ride relative to the road edge). This still applies when the path is only 60cm wide or even 52cm wide! Just 10 days ago I did come across an on-coming rider, like me he was riding 50cm from his left hand edge. The path being just 60cm wide we both moved slightly right. What position do you adopt on narrowest paths? -- IanB n.b. as I subscribe to two large newsgroups it may be several days before I see a newsgroup response |
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