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[DismalScientist]

@jabberwocky 65277 wrote:

If you’re less than 1 second behind me, you’re wheelsucking, period.

1 second is 30 ft at 20mph.

[rcannon100]

@grandallj 65278 wrote:

Then the clouds parted and she slammed on the brakes and started turning left to turn around, which necessitated hasty application of hard braking by yours truly.*

It’s called a crazy ivan. I regularly, politely, ask people to look before turning.

[rcannon100]

@DismalScientist 65279 wrote:

1 second is 30 ft at 20mph.

My solution is just to go so slow that no one would want to draft off of me (that, or to have beans for lunch)

[jabberwocky]

@DismalScientist 65279 wrote:

1 second is 30 ft at 20mph.

Sounds about right.

[Hancockbs]

@jrenaut 65268 wrote:

3. The person also might not realize they’re being.

I’ve found many times when I slowly catch someone, they tend to pick up the pace just enough to make passing hard. I do usually tell them to let me know if they don’t want me drafting.

I also tend to stay back if I am going to be changing paths soon. This happened a few days ago on the MVT around the airport and 14th St. After a few minutes the lead rider slowed a little and said “your turn”. I was more than happy to take a pull, but I think he got mad when I turned to go over the bridge.

[OneEighth]

@dcv 65276 wrote:

<4" and no brakes

Brakes?

[creadinger]

Con, Sonar, Crazy Ivan! Northbound on the MVT near the bridge over the CC connector loop. You glanced over your left shoulder then abruptly pulled an about face across the trail, better than any Soviet sub captain could, and found yourself in a collision course with me. You screamed, my brakes squealed, I took a route through the grass. No harm done fortunately, and I hope you learned a valuable lesson.

[creadinger]

So I haven’t ridden on a weekend day for a while…. wow, I forgot how many crazy and stupid people are out there recreating!

Listen, older gentleman, if you’d like to cross the W&OD along a busy stretch near Columbia Pike, I suggest you lift your head up and look left and right to make sure it’s clear first, just as you would crossing the road. You almost caused an accident today and you would have taken the worst of it. The cyclist in front of me (going a reasonable speed) had to brake really hard not to hit you, but you didn’t even notice because you were watching your feet for some reason.

[Drewdane]

@creadinger 65362 wrote:

So I haven’t ridden on a weekend day for a while…. wow, I forgot how many crazy and stupid people are out there recreating!

Listen, older gentleman, if you’d like to cross the W&OD along a busy stretch near Columbia Pike, I suggest you lift your head up and look left and right to make sure it’s clear first, just as you would crossing the road. You almost caused an accident today and you would have taken the worst of it. The cyclist in front of me (going a reasonable speed) had to brake really hard not to hit you, but you didn’t even notice because you were watching your feet for some reason.

Uff Da.

Local MUTs on nice weekend days are enough to try the patience of Job. Clueless, inconsiderate jackholes abound, on bike, rollerblade and foot.

I walk my dog on the WOD almost every weekend. Approximately one in every ten passing cyclists calls out or rings a bell, and a substantial portion pass uncomfortably close.

[jrenaut]

No, Mr. Cab Driver, you can’t make a right turn from the center lane of Thomas Circle. Yes, you have to yield to the car in the right lane and the bike in the bike lane. Yes, I’m sorry I used the f word. No, my apology doesn’t mean you didn’t deserve to get yelled at. Yes, a bike lane is just like a car lane except you’re not allowed to drive in it. Yes, you have to yield to bikes, merge into the bike lane, and make your turn from there. No, “but I really want to!” doesn’t give you the right to drive like a maniac.

[baiskeli]

@rcannon100 65280 wrote:

It’s called a crazy ivan. I regularly, politely, ask people to look before turning.

I yell, “Captain, Crazy Ivan!”

[pfunkallstar]

@baiskeli 65389 wrote:

I yell, “Captain, Crazy Ivan!”

Georgetown must be offering graduate classes in Crazy Ivans. Some of the techniques that I have witnessed near TR Island recently have been nothing short of stunning:

1. Wild arm flailing whilst executing Crazy Ivan.
2. Stop in middle of trail calisthenics.
3. The squat lunge turn variant of the Crazy Ivan.
4. Totally engrossed in telephone conversation wandering in circles Crazy Ivan.

Keep it up, variety is the spice of life.

[baiskeli]

@pfunkallstar 65418 wrote:

4. Totally engrossed in telephone conversation wandering in circles Crazy Ivan.

I see that one all over the place.

[kcb203]

You: Blonde, 40-something with a black jacket and black yoga pants jogging in the middle of the C&O Canal towpath inbound just past Fletcher’s Boathouse.

Me: Coming up behind on my cross bike, yelling “on your left” twice as you were engaged in conversation with your jogging partner.

You: Angrily, pointing to the Crescent Trail as I rode past: “There’s a bike path right there.”

Me: Pointing downward toward the towpath: “Yes, and there’s another one right here!”

[consularrider]

Weren’t those both officially closed this morning? I guess that means all rules were suspended.

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