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<blockquote data-quote="Boehlertaught" data-source="post: 1326653" data-attributes="member: 14520">Welcome to the never ending issue...&nbsp; I&#039;ve been riding since 1983; oddly still somewhat able to maintain a good pace for long distance rides.&nbsp; Well, that&#039;s my story anyway.&nbsp; Regardless of the legal issues of who can ride/drive where...and how.&nbsp; IMO, the courtesy and safety issues need to be mixed sometimes.&nbsp; For cyclist there are at least two general groups; i.e. the I have the right to be here and it&#039;s MY lane of traffic when I&#039;m on it so I&#039;ll ride like I want too.&nbsp; And the, I know I have the right to be here and I know I can&#039;t keep up with the normal traffic flow so I&#039;ll be courteous and ride as close to the roads edge as possible.&nbsp; For the cars, there seems to be the I&#039;ll share the road and be patient folks and the screw those annoying bicycle folks.&nbsp; &nbsp; Getting serious though, I&#039;ve meet many hundreds of cyclist in 27 years of riding and most of them are mindless &amp; brainless when it comes to getting out of the way.&nbsp; Riding single file when a vehicle approaches from the rear simply does not enter their minds.&nbsp; The person riding in the back of the pack is supposed to keep an eye out for cars and yell &quot;car back&quot; when a car approaches.&nbsp; If the pace line is longer than 2-4 riders the &quot;car back&quot; signal is to be repeated up the pace line to the front.&nbsp; SERIOUSLY!! Simply do this and get to the side of the road...single file.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care if the law says you can ride two-up.&nbsp; Whew!&nbsp; Glad I got that out.&nbsp; I would say that any rider on an open two-lane rode is used to cars passing close by.&nbsp; So, if the pace line is single file you can pass on a narrow road like Hwy 97 north of Sand Sprigs...road that road many times.Now for the cars...don&#039;t be a jerk and ride as close to the roads edge even when oncomming traffic is not present.&nbsp; You folks know what I mean.&nbsp; I have heard folks that boast about this.&nbsp; Why would anyone risk putting someone in danger?Certainly, ride on the trails when you can but of course you can&#039;t do this when riding county two-lane roads.Have fun and be safe</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boehlertaught, post: 1326653, member: 14520"] Welcome to the never ending issue... I've been riding since 1983; oddly still somewhat able to maintain a good pace for long distance rides. Well, that's my story anyway. Regardless of the legal issues of who can ride/drive where...and how. IMO, the courtesy and safety issues need to be mixed sometimes. For cyclist there are at least two general groups; i.e. the I have the right to be here and it's MY lane of traffic when I'm on it so I'll ride like I want too. And the, I know I have the right to be here and I know I can't keep up with the normal traffic flow so I'll be courteous and ride as close to the roads edge as possible. For the cars, there seems to be the I'll share the road and be patient folks and the screw those annoying bicycle folks. Getting serious though, I've meet many hundreds of cyclist in 27 years of riding and most of them are mindless & brainless when it comes to getting out of the way. Riding single file when a vehicle approaches from the rear simply does not enter their minds. The person riding in the back of the pack is supposed to keep an eye out for cars and yell "car back" when a car approaches. If the pace line is longer than 2-4 riders the "car back" signal is to be repeated up the pace line to the front. SERIOUSLY!! Simply do this and get to the side of the road...single file. I don't care if the law says you can ride two-up. Whew! Glad I got that out. I would say that any rider on an open two-lane rode is used to cars passing close by. So, if the pace line is single file you can pass on a narrow road like Hwy 97 north of Sand Sprigs...road that road many times. Now for the cars...don't be a jerk and ride as close to the roads edge even when oncomming traffic is not present. You folks know what I mean. I have heard folks that boast about this. Why would anyone risk putting someone in danger? Certainly, ride on the trails when you can but of course you can't do this when riding county two-lane roads. Have fun and be safe [/QUOTE]

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