Cycle rage - any experiences of this?

again back to the OP

I cycle that canal cycle lane quite a lot at rush hour

often it's difficult to overtake single cyclists especially if they are unaware and in the middle of the lane and this can be very annoying, nevermind if someone's going 2 abreast

and I don't object to the 2 abreast thing in general but at rush hour on this lane probably not the best

I tend to be a late type of person and would be rushing down (enjoying the sunny morning too )and fair point about everyone getting stuck at the next red light but if you're turning left at the next red light eg Leeson St bridge then it can pay to get there faster

and aside: it drives me nuts if I'm cycling along at a reasonable speed, contantly overtaking a slow cyclist who keeps catching up at the lights and then parking themselves in front of me

and another thing: climate is often cited as a reason why people here don't cyle but let's face it cylists, we don't get rained on that much here, and that was backed up by a recent study which i will google at some stage when I get the chance

If I'm coming up behind someone (hur hur) I flick my brakes and pull right out into the car lane when overtaking. It's less aggressive than ringing a bell.

It really annoys me when someone overtakes, leaving a tiny amount of room in between. And yes, slow cyclists pulling in front at traffic lights is intensely annoying. Get into the bloody queue !!

Gav

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at what point does a bicycle "vehicle" become a "pedestrian"... if the rider has two feet on the ground, but is still on the bike?

RainyDay wrote:

I'd bet a fiver donation to a charity of your choice that you can't name a street in Swords that is more than 30 minute cycle away from a shop or a school on the DTO Journey Planner.

Hell, lets make it €50.

Zaph0d wrote:

Maybe the rain in Amsterdam all falls in one week of the year.

A beter meausre than average total annual rainfall would be probability of rain during any journey.

How likely am I to get wet on any 10 minute bike journey? 1%? 5%?

from the Irish Times, 3rd June 2005

Outlook brighter as cyclists' fear of rain unfounded
Paul Cullen

Dublin's weather is not nearly as bad as commuters think it is, according to new research carried out by the city council.
Indeed, so balmy are the capital's climatic conditions that a cyclist can expect to get wet on just one out of every 200 trips, according to an analysis of Met Éireann's weather records.
Director of traffic Owen Keegan found from an accompanying survey of 600 motorists and cyclists that the perception of bad weather was an important factor in influencing car drivers not to take the bike to work.
It also encouraged occasional cyclists to use other forms of transport during the winter.
"Car commuters and cyclists alike have a pessimistic view of the probability of getting wet in Dublin which is very inaccurate when viewed against actual data," says Mr Keegan.
The research shows that a cyclist on a typical 22-minute commute gets wet on only 0.6 per cent of trips in the morning and 0.4 per cent in the evening.
If the threshold is reduced to include drizzle, these figures rise to 5 per cent in the morning and to 4 per cent in the evening.
The survey found that both groups overestimated the frequency of rain in the capital. Almost 20 per cent of drivers and 25 per cent of cyclists wrongly believed it rained at least every second day. Mr Keegan plans further research to show how the probability of getting wet can be further reduced by "rainfall avoidance strategies" such as delaying the start of a journey.

today not a good day for these stats though!