Rant #1: Cyclists who don’t give a heads up when passing
I originally felt I should reserve my first rant for evil drivers who engage in various forms of dumbfuckery, but having sat with it for several days, I am forced to inveigh against discourteousness by my fellow two-wheelers.
Being the relative slowpoke that I am, I am at times passed by other cyclists faster than myself.
In my informal estimation, I’d venture that fewer than 15%, and probably fewer than 10%, of said passing cyclists give me any form of heads-up or warning that they intend to pass.
No “on your left.” No “passing.” No delightful “ting a ling” of a bicycle bell, just full on throttle past me. Now, I try to stay to the right of the path, and am not weaving back and forth, but I still feel that common cyclist courtesy warrants a warning.
How do others feel? Do other cyclists owe you a heads-up in all instances of passing? Only when the cyclist you’re passing is not hewing closely to the right of the path? Only when the slower cyclist seems not to be paying attention? When?
And don’t get me started on clueless runners who insist on wearing headphones turned up so loud they don’t hear ME when I warn them that I’m passing — that’s Rant #2, for another day.
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