• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    14 days ago

    I live near a Tour de France route and single file is the way to do it, because we leave at least 1.5m by law when overtaking cyclists

    You can tell the fucking insufferable English removed because they cycle two-abreast "bEcAUSe iT's SAfeR"

    Mate, people will sit behind you until it's safe to overtake and leave you that 1.5m, cycling side by side makes overtaking impossible on mountain roads and makes you an UTTER removed

    • theturtlemoves [he/him]
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      14 days ago

      cycling side by side makes overtaking impossible on mountain roads

      I fail to see the problem.

      • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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        14 days ago

        I explained it quite simply, do you need me to draw a picture with crayons?

        We respect the cyclists by not overtaking until we can leave 1.5m of space. We expect the cyclists to respect us the same way by giving us the opportunity to leave 1.5m of space and not cycling side by side

        Simple

        • theturtlemoves [he/him]
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          13 days ago

          If you're on a mountain road so narrow that two cycles and a car can't go in parallel with enough space in between, then maybe wait till the road gets wider and flatter before you overtake them?