Curmudgeonly post about failing to call passes
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So I rode the CCT on Saturday from the Silver Spring end to MacArthur Blvd and on to the folk festival at Glen Echo. Beautiful day for a ride. The usual press of pedestrians, baby strollers, skate boarders ( no roller bladers, guess that has passed into fads past ) and cyclists of all stripes from carbon frame racers to weight loss cruiser hopefuls. In that 20 mile round trip I heard exactly ONE pass called. Just one. I’m pretty religious about ringing my bell for pedestrians of all sorts and fair to middlin’ about calling passes on other cyclists. I’m not a racer by any means and my speed differential isn’t going to put any cyclists I pass into cardiac arrest. I don’t think there is any excuse for not signaling a pass on pedestrians though and from the appreciative responses I got when using the bell it’s seems that it’s pretty uncommon for the walkers to hear from passing cyclists. Are the responsible riders only those out commuting on weekday mornings?
Curmudgeons – R – Us
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