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  • Ekky@sopuli.xyztoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldClever man
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    24 days ago

    It’s good that you feel that way. I’d wish that was the case for the local bicyclers too.

    Cars are obviously expected to slow down and keep behind the biker till able to pass (that’s the law, though drivers often attempt too close passes anyway), that said, when walking on narrow pathways in the woods, cyclists will often come cycling way too fast and ring - without slowing down any significant amount - and apparently expecting me to jump to the side to not be hit.

    I’ve had multiple close-hits, and they’ll start screaming and be abusive if you don’t give way (you know, since they’re faster than you, and it’s inconvenient for them to slow down just because of you). And no, the forest road is not a mountain biking path. Contrary, the paths are usually footpaths that are destroyed by the bicycles plowing up the loose dirt - the good side being, that the small roads often change and stay exciting.

    There are a lot of good bicyclers out there, but I generally feel that the (locally) worst cyclers are the sporty ones and those who freely disregard the law. It’s almost like “I’m not in a car but still faster than the walking plebians, so I can do whatever I like without real consequences”.

    I very much wish for proper, separated, biking paths, though that’s mostly for my own comfort as it won’t keep me from running into the two types of bicyclers described above. :(

    Edit: Sorry, this got wayy too long. Good night. x)


  • Ekky@sopuli.xyztoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldClever man
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    24 days ago

    … appears to be just as bad, and they often don’t even keep to biking roads (eg. biking through “no-biking” pedestrian streets and getting angry at the pedestrians being all over the place, or biking over the pedestrian crossings, etc.).

    But your first statement rings true.