cycling forum sayin you should obstruct driver at all times

markcroninbsc

hello there!
just posting a thread here to get some reaction to this.

im a cyclist, been cycling for well over 20 years, and driving for about 10. anyway a question was asked in the forum today how far can you cycle from the edge of the road. stupid question to start with i thought, you should always keep in to allow traffic past, at least when its safe to do so??

Thats what i said in the thread but, i was called an idiot and banned (maybe i did argued my point a little too much).

basically my stand was when cycling keep out as much on the road as you need to , about 2 feet on a road with no parked cars or other obstructions, and if out further and a car comes behind then pull in and let them past (keeping your foot or two on the left incase the driver passes too close, giving room to move in another bit).

boards.ie's stand seems to be. keep 1.5 meters out on the road at all times, if a car comes behind and its sage to give them room to pass, dont. if the road is narrow and 1.5 meters leaves you in the middle then the middle is the place to be.

Was i being completely wrong or is there some complete eejits on bikes these days?

heres the thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056380035

Its since been locked incase anyone else says that they are wrong over there. maybe someone here should start a thread over there??


heres some comments they made over there, and the mods agreed with.

On a very tight road (i.e. room for one vehicle to pass), the cyclist will be in the middle of the road. Again, correct position.

I cycle about 1 metre from the edge. I use a rear view mirror. When I hear a car about 200 metres behind me I do a visible wobble.

If the wobble produces no change in engine sound I then move out to the centre of the lane and again listen to the engine.

The mirror allows me to watch the moron approach.

1.5 m is looney, I used to cycle a bit years ago, there's little need to be more than 3 foot from the kerb really, distance from right shoulder to the kerb should rarely be 1.5 m unless the kerbside is in bits from pot holes.

Can't see this thread lasting too long here.

I can sympathise with you being banned, it happens to the best of us :pac:

Eric Cartman

cyclists should always move over or stop for cars, a lot of irish cyclists dont seem to know how to ride a bike properly and think they own the roads.

EPM

markcroninbsc,

Your thread in cycling was closed due to your inflammatory comments. In my opinion you're trolling with this one. Thread closed and do not post on this topic in motors again or you will be banned from here too. It has been dealt with by the appropriate mods already.