Comments on: Overtaking other cyclists: Is it rude?

By: Johno

Johno — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:35:12 +0000

It’s not just you mate

By: DrD

DrD — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:25:47 +0000

A late comment….I was knocked off by someone overtaking badly – just through the lights, narrow road, lots of potholes, lots of commuting cyclists & cars….I cracked a rib…he just said…oh sorry mate, did I cut you up…and cycled on his merry way. Having said that, I like overtaking – as long as it’s safe.

By: Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:50:01 +0000

Cars do it all the time, so what’s the problem.

By: Emiliano

Emiliano — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:20:36 +0000

Every rider has different limitations and a different level of fitness, confidence and experience. Cyclists normally pass a red to get a head-start on the motorised traffic not other cyclists. Unless somebody is riding selfishly or putting me in danger I can’t see what there is to get stressed about.

By: ENRICO

ENRICO — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:50:41 +0000

So true….

By: Gurdip

Gurdip — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:51:32 +0000

The problem I have is the last 8 or so miles of my training ride passes a school and depending on what time I set out, I usually end up battling with a number of school children on their bikes pedalling to get home. It doesn’t bother me where I am relative to them on the road/pavement, but I do always wonder what’s going through their heads when they see me on my road bike, dressed up from top to toe in my racing attire – here I am, barely able to make it up the hill from cycling a 60 miler and next to me, a 14 year old, just fresh out from school, full of energy, overtaking me on his chunky-wheeled, heavy-framed mountain bike, bobbing up and down and side to side, glancing over every second to see how far ahead of me he’s gotten. I usually just pace it, then nail it when I hit a flat spot.

Mucho’ satisfaction!

By: Tony in Dublin

Tony in Dublin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:00:45 +0000

The important thing about overtaking is you have to make it seem likes its no effert. This is especially the case when overtaking an older rider! You can puff and pant and grind the gears all you like when catching up but while overtaking you need to whistle nonchalantly as if its no effert at all.
On a serious note, I’ve had a number of idiots racing me to work which is annoying because city centres are dangerous enough without some prat overtaking you when you’re trying to change lanes!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:12:27 +0000

THANK YOU, YOU SAVED ME WRITING MY STORY!

By: Peckham Flyer

Peckham Flyer — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:33:27 +0000

Re: Cat and Mouse – I hate this too so much!!! In fact I got so fed up of being constantly passed by the same cyclist at a set of around 5 red lights (I waited at every one, he ran all of them, and I overtook him again EVERY time…) that as we got to a long clear section, I overtook him for the last time, looked calmly over to him and said “You see, if you just learned to cycle faster, you wouldn’t have to keep going through all those red lights” and sped off (legally and safely!) into the distance. Not sure whether he was more surprised at someone saying it at all, or that it was a woman…

By: Calan

Calan — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:36:06 +0000

Nobody goes past me. Well that’s not technically true – a strong rider had me on the downhill in Richmond park yesterday but I caught him on the hill and nailed him to the wall while he was running out of gas. Like I said, nobody! I’m not a commuter though so my angle is a little scewed here.