steve dale

Where was it anyway?

On Saturday, February 4, 2012, mohair wrote:
> Were these riders in matching team jerseys? ( This is the only way I
can tell anymore if riders are actually on a local team.) It is very
likely that the riders in question were your basic "wannabes" and have no
idea of how to ride in a group. I've passed many such groups, both in my
car and on my bicycle, and it's often downright scary to see how badly some
people ride.
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Scott Jones wrote:
>
>> Today while out and about I came upon a group ride while driving in my
car. Riders were 3 and 4 wide in the road that had a posted speed limit of
40MPH. It took me a long time to pass this group safely. I gave them plenty
of room, made sure to pass on a straight stretch, but one rider decided to
yell at me and I'm not sure why. You were clogging up the whole road with
just 8 or 9 riders.
>>
>> Then I see a couple of other teams posting ride pictures on Facebook
with the same issue, taking up the whole road while on a team ride.
>
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mohair

Were these riders in matching team jerseys? ( This is the only way I can tell anymore if riders are actually on a local team.) It is very likely that the riders in question were your basic "wannabes" and have no idea of how to ride in a group. I've passed many such groups, both in my car and on my bicycle, and it's often downright scary to see how badly some people ride.

On Feb 4, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Scott Jones wrote:

> Today while out and about I came upon a group ride while driving in my car. Riders were 3 and 4 wide in the road that had a posted speed limit of 40MPH. It took me a long time to pass this group safely. I gave them plenty of room, made sure to pass on a straight stretch, but one rider decided to yell at me and I'm not sure why. You were clogging up the whole road with just 8 or 9 riders.
>
> Then I see a couple of other teams posting ride pictures on Facebook with the same issue, taking up the whole road while on a team ride.

Scott Jones

Today while out and about I came upon a group ride while driving in my car.
Riders were 3 and 4 wide in the road that had a posted speed limit of
40MPH. It took me a long time to pass this group safely. I gave them plenty
of room, made sure to pass on a straight stretch, but one rider decided to
yell at me and I'm not sure why. You were clogging up the whole road with
just 8 or 9 riders.

Then I see a couple of other teams posting ride pictures on Facebook with
the same issue, taking up the whole road while on a team ride.

Just a friendly reminder that riding in large groups is great thing, my
team (Portland Velo) does it every weekend with large amounts of riders,
but blocking the road does no good for our community and can cause issues
with other road users that are not cyclists and could give a rats arse
about our safety and well being.

Please be safe out there and respect all users of the road.