At Canadian Cycling Magazine, there are a variety of riders. Some use their bikes to race, some are strictly commuters, and some use them for friendly group rides. Different abilities, different bikes, different speeds. Which is actually what cycling as a community is about. It’s not about lighting it up at your local race, it’s not about riding to work and back. It’s not about taking your mountain or gravel bike to the trails. It’s whatever you want.
Not everyone rides the same speed when they are riding across town, and that’s fine. So you’re going to have to pass other riders, or they are going to have to pass you. All good. Sometimes passing cyclists in a city can be a little tricky, especially if it’s a narrow bike lane. You need to give both you and the other rider plenty of warning and room, while making sure there’s no car coming up behind you.
Let’s say you pass another rider, who’s going a little slower than you. And then you pull up to the light.
And then that rider..pulls up beside you? Or worse, ahead of you?
What? What just happened?
Why would that person make it so you have to re-pass them, and put yourself in harm’s way. Did they do that because they just weren’t paying attention to their surroundings? Or did they think that somehow they’d be able to go faster than you, despite the fact you were going twice as fast when you passed?
It’s not a competitive thing, it’s a safety thing. It’s dangerous enough out there with cars, so the fewer times you have to put yourself in harm’s way passing other riders, the better.
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