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Dickhead riders!
Out for a pootle today as the weather's quite mild and it's nice to get outside. Most of my UK riding is done on cycle paths due to dickhead drivers.
Today's ride was the Millennium/Dee coastal path and the spur up towards Parkgate. A nice wide path which is used by many local clubs of which I have complained about before. It's a shared path you dickheads!
Anyway, back to today, oncoming club ride with riders taking up most of the path, no obvious shouts from the "leader" nor hand movements. I will always take the primary position and more than happy to let other path users have 50% of the path. One of this club, who I know and will be contacting, shouted to "move over".
I passed them again as they were returning back up Wirral to their club in the north, again holding the primary position and this time hearing the shout of "push him over".
This is not the attitude I'd expect from a cyclist and especially not in the current era where cyclists have been pushed and seriously injured by dickhead drivers.
I will be contacting the club and asking that this dickhead rider justifies his comments.
Rant over.
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"I am also deranged enough to take the head on collision."
Respect. There have been times I wished I was. Unfortunately the self-preservation instinct always kicks in at the last minute.
Similar experiences involving club riders are the reason I've never joined a club.
My favourite was the time one of a group shouted "slow down so we can get past you". I suggested that they pedal harder.
When I looked later at footage from my rear facing camera these guys had emerged from a side road , spotted me ahead and sprinted hard to catch up. They couldn't pass because they were in the red and actually no quicker than me.
Sadly I have other examples of unpleasant behaviour by club groups most of them wearing the jersey of the leading club in my area.
To be fair, not all clubs are the same. One comprising hard-core roadies is very different to a social group. I belong to the local CTC group and they're a lovely bunch.
To be fair, not all drivers close pass.
I don't doubt what you say about your local group however hard core roadies still need to uphold the British Cycling guidance and best practices because we all share the same public highways.
I've heard some banter but that's all and it did no harm.
Pushing other riders isn't acceptable in any road. KOM, PB or whatever...
I've noticed that clubs ride and communicate in a way that is not obvious to the general public so open to some misunderstanding.
It's quite usual here to read about the ignorance of road users including cyclists on The Highway Code and the behaviour of cycle clubs is less commonly understood than HWC.
On joining a club most new riders will be briefed about the expectations and etiquette of the club.
Obviously the general public and non-member cyclists are not.
I recall being told that the etiquette was based on British Cycling guidance and long experience of club members.
I definitely have seen social media feedback that demonstrated significant ignorance and single mode assumptions.
An obvious example being the doubling up of riders in a group. No they're not pretending to be in La Tour. Yes they are trying to reduce the overtake in half.
I'm making a general point not about the specific ride mentioned.
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