If you are pottering along at 4mph or less then you may as well be pushing the bike.
I sometimes potter, I sometime spin a bit. That's my choice. But racing is not for your commute. If you want to race, go and race other cyclists who are there to race you. I'm just trying to say that there seems to be a lot of competitive petty behaviour on the roads by cyclists who seem to have brought their car-dependent mentality along with them to riding their bike. I'm trying to say that people could maybe just try to take it a bit less seriously, and it'd be a lot more pleasurable out there. I think people hop onto pavements (say at lights where they can't filter) out of some stupid idea they have to be somewhere faster than everyone else.
"Awesome logic. that'll show em."
When cyclists are accused of having no morals and being worse than terrorists, logic has long departed.
Very true. It wasn't meant to be a criticism. I actually really liked your comment. Police vehicles are often driven extremely dangerously.
I sometimes potter, I sometime spin a bit. That's my choice. But racing is not for your commute. If you want to race, go and race other cyclists who are there to race you. I'm just trying to say that there seems to be a lot of competitive petty behaviour on the roads by cyclists who seem to have brought their car-dependent mentality along with them to riding their bike. I'm trying to say that people could maybe just try to take it a bit less seriously, and it'd be a lot more pleasurable out there. I think people hop onto pavements (say at lights where they can't filter) out of some stupid idea they have to be somewhere faster than everyone else.
Very true. It wasn't meant to be a criticism. I actually really liked your comment. Police vehicles are often driven extremely dangerously.