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There are a few riders I catch/who catch me riding from Pembury Road through to dalston. There's a few who are respectful when drafting and you know they're trust worthy enough not to wipe you out. Having said that, there's a couple who as soon as they get behind me, I back off and let them go ahead so I can see them and where they move in the road. I know I'll pass them at a few points just because of how they ride, but i find for my personal sanity, safety and ride enjoyment having them in front is safer than behind through that section.
Granted I should'nt have to manage it that way, but it works for me right now.
Through the same section, getting passed on the left just happens, I just look where I am in the road and glance right then left before I move. Maybe I should'nt have to, but I do.
A question, Is it just about cycling culture specifically that makes people ride/drive a certain way, or is it more a common culture of must beat/be there first/save a second/ live in my own bubble?
To Quote Jet McDonald in BoneShaker - his particular article refers to RLJ's, but there's a quote that I would cast across the psyche on the roads that seems to make sense to me - 'they (people, don't have the pyscological resources to be themselves, so they're infected with this anxiety, this "I've got to get going". Make of that what you will, to me it seems so very relevant.
(totally accept that's an interpretation of a quote before I'm negged).