Pavement etiquette

But how about being courteous and polite if pavement riding?

What you need is to wear tweed.

Cheers for the pic of your front door.

No and no.

Well you'd be wrong on the first count.

Cheers for the pic of your front door.

In progress...

Cycling on the pavement is illegal.

Cycling on the pavement can be dangerous to lawful pavement users - pedestrians.

Cycling on the pavement is inconsiderate to others who have a right to be there.

Cycling on the pavement is the type of arrogant activity that gives cyclists generally a bad name and encourages people in their negative views towards them. As a consequence, cycling on the pavement may encourage dangerous behaviour towards lawful cyclists on the road.

Cycling on the pavement demonstrates among some cyclists an attitude that the law is only to be obeyed if it is not inconvenient to them. This is arrogance and antisocial.

If you must cycle on pavements, put stabilisers on your bike.

"sidewalk"

Isn't the lesson here really what's 'reasonable'...... it's not reasonable for a 19 year old to bomb-round a blind bend by Embankment Tube station at rush hour clipping ped's... but it is reasonable for a parent to cycle on the pavement with young kids down the side of the A30?

Deportation to Australia, or America, could also be on the list...or even the Lake District... for unreasonable behaviour...

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But in a nutshell I agree with cliveo above!

Cycling on the pavement is illegal.

Cycling on the pavement can be dangerous to lawful pavement users - pedestrians.

Cycling on the pavement is inconsiderate to others who have a right to be there.

Cycling on the pavement is the type of arrogant activity that gives cyclists generally a bad name and encourages people in their negative views towards them. As a consequence, cycling on the pavement may encourage dangerous behaviour towards lawful cyclists on the road.

Cycling on the pavement demonstrates among some cyclists an attitude that the law is only to be obeyed if it is not inconvenient to them. This is arrogance and antisocial.

If you must cycle on pavements, put stabilisers on your bike.

But it's ok to go through red lights? Right?

I see no issue with cycling on the pavement, provided you remember that you are in the wrong and always give way, are considerate etc. I've never had any issues with people when I've been on the pavement, and have had quite a few "thank you"s and other nice comments from peds. But then I don't do it much and it's often easier to get off and walk if it's busy.

It's also good to remember that whilst you are in the wrong by cycling on the pavement, a pedestrian has a right to walk along the road.

But it's ok to go through red lights? Right?

VeeVee, I haven't been through a red light in months.

You haven't been on a bike in months.

Cycling on the pavement is the type of arrogant activity that gives cyclists generally a bad name and encourages people in their negative views towards them. As a consequence, cycling on the pavement may encourage dangerous behaviour towards lawful cyclists on the road.

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VeeVee, I haven't been through a red light in months.

As Object says + I love you too Clive.

When cycling with our kid my girlfriend has specifically banned me from letting him
ride in the road... Which basically means I've got to ride on the pavement. So spare a thought for those riding the pavement with children it is possible they don't want to be there!

Anyone except for children or adults with thier children should be very very wary of cyciling on the pavement, I think anyone discurtious whilst doing so should have a stick pushed into their front wheel.

I was just going to make VeeVee's point.

VeeVee, I haven't been through a red light district in months.

I find your protestations a little unconvincing.

Outside my house there are two lanes of traffic heading East. Still 50% of the cyclists insist on cycling on the pavement, just a bit further on there are railings at the edge of the pavement, which then means the cyclists shout "out of the way" at pedestrians.

I have to walk along this bit of pavement with my dads dog and tend not to give way to idiots cycling there.

This morning I see a middle aged man cycling on the pavement.

"Are you aware there is a road there?"

he looks confused

"Can you see there are two lanes of traffic in your direction?

-"Yes"

"You know only children are meant to cycle on the pavement?"

-"Yes"

"So are you not man enough to cycle on the road?"

cue the noise of frustrated rage and shame

so glad someone has brought this up,
it is FUCKING pissing me off, adults riding on the pavement,
I am routinely saying 'are you eight or something? get off the pavement'
what makes it worse is I train kids and adults bikeability, and it just seems that the car nodders are winning, sure the many wins we do get, including the people on here are great, but overwhelmingly kids and adults- 'normal people' consider it normal to ride there. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

I usually make a point by pretending not to see them, then scream in surprised as they drew closer to me and watch them hopefully wobble their way down onto the road.

It's fine as long as you're doing it on one wheel while sexting your baby mother.

I have never seen anyone but hoodies ride on the pavement. I find it pretty easy to ignore them all the same.

On Saturday after noon, the driver of the 4 wheel drive that I was holding up by all of one bike length told me quite graphically that I should be riding on the pavement and not holding up traffic...

Maybe he was keener to look at the back of the bus that was holding us both up rather than my arse?

D lock him in the face and tell him he should be in hospital and not driving whilst suffering such head injuries.

I love your approach DJ (and m.f.). I have been doing this too.

On Saturday after noon, the driver of the 4 wheel drive that I was holding up by all of one bike length told me quite graphically that I should be riding on the pavement and not holding up traffic...

Maybe he was keener to look at the back of the bus that was holding us both up rather than my arse?

Best response to that is usually "It's a road bike, where do you think it belongs?" Extra points for using an overly condescending tone.

also use "TAKE responsibility" quite a lot, but more for the prom- time trialler twats.