When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just stay in your lane. Go straight. If you need to veer or gesture wildly, check behind you first. Assume there's someone behind you

😂😂😂

This is the way.

Yes let’s no one inconvenience the cyclist.

For the last 15 years, i’ve been a walker, runner, occasional cyclist, and dog walker on the CCT. I generally find people walking in pairs or groups are the least situationally aware, especially if they have dogs. If they walk two or three abreast, then they often take over the entire lane and force others to move into the opposite lane to overtake them. Unfortunately, ever since Covid, usage has increased and people are not very good at sharing what is probably too little space for the sheer numbers.

A few times I walked with a friend and our dogs on the CCT but pretty quickly stopped. It’s too narrow given the heavy usage and it’s too easy to get engrossed in a conversation and not pay enough attention to what the dogs are doing. I notice this all the time with others, especially when they let their leashed dogs cross the central line onto the next lane. Too easy for a dog to suddenly dart out if it sees a squirrel and accidentally take out a cyclist.

You expect to pass people without moving into the opposite lane when you are on a bicycle?

When I am walking or running on the Crescent trail, I stick to the far right. Quite enough room for a bike to pass without going into the other lane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Just stay in your lane. Go straight. If you need to veer or gesture wildly, check behind you first. Assume there's someone behind you

😂😂😂

This is the way.

Yes let’s no one inconvenience the cyclist.

For the last 15 years, i’ve been a walker, runner, occasional cyclist, and dog walker on the CCT. I generally find people walking in pairs or groups are the least situationally aware, especially if they have dogs. If they walk two or three abreast, then they often take over the entire lane and force others to move into the opposite lane to overtake them. Unfortunately, ever since Covid, usage has increased and people are not very good at sharing what is probably too little space for the sheer numbers.

A few times I walked with a friend and our dogs on the CCT but pretty quickly stopped. It’s too narrow given the heavy usage and it’s too easy to get engrossed in a conversation and not pay enough attention to what the dogs are doing. I notice this all the time with others, especially when they let their leashed dogs cross the central line onto the next lane. Too easy for a dog to suddenly dart out if it sees a squirrel and accidentally take out a cyclist.

You expect to pass people without moving into the opposite lane when you are on a bicycle?

When I am walking or running on the Crescent trail, I stick to the far right. Quite enough room for a bike to pass without going into the other lane.

Weird. Cyclists are worried about you jumping to the left, so you want them to passing close to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bought a bike bell that looks like a little cowbell and rings steadily with movement. It's nice because people start hearing it faintly farther away and gradually gets louder as i get closer so they don't startle. And also I don't ever have to even think about ring timing or any of that.

Love this. What's the brand

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I commute 10 miles along the cct. I will give a heads up if people seem at risk of changing direction, but i pass about 200 people every day. If I had to shout out to all of them I would be hoarse. And half the time when I do call out it just freaks them out and they start jumping the wrong way. If people are just walking in a straight line there is no need to call out.

Same.

If someone is walking on their far right and there is sufficient space so I can pass them on the far left of the other side of the trail, I usually don’t call out.

Give heads up if they’re walking in center of lane or close to center of trail, or walking dogs or walking with children, or joggers cause these all are less predictable and could change direction or stumble into the left side of trail with no warning or even a glance back.

The chances of a walker who is walking steadily on the far right suddenly jumping to far left of the trail are close to nil.

Agree. I commute on the W&OD and follow the same rules. Dogs, kids, groups, or someone just walking down the middle always get a bell. A single walker? Not always. And the vast majority of singles walking appear to have headphones/earbuds. I’m not a fast rider and I do slow further in congestion and always yield to people, but some people seem to hate to be passed at all and will snap whether you call out, bell, or do nothing. Just like some cyclists suck, some pedestrians do, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I walk and I also cycle on the CCT. When I walk, I hate the callouts, they always startle me and interrupt my meditative state. I walk in a straight line, on the right, and assume a biker could pass at any time. When I bike, I call out gently, just to be polite, but I also give the walkers space.

I hate the callouts too. I'm as far over as possible. I can hear the bike/s coming. I don't need them to yell at me.

+1 million

And even if I have air pods in, I stick to my side of the path so I don’t need someone yelling at me when I’m not veering to the side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate bicyclists.

Bicyclists are OK, it’s the cyclists who are loathesome. The only ones worse are the e-vehicles on paths.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I bought a bike bell that looks like a little cowbell and rings steadily with movement. It's nice because people start hearing it faintly farther away and gradually gets louder as i get closer so they don't startle. And also I don't ever have to even think about ring timing or any of that.

Love this. What's the brand

Same here. Just searched Amazon for bike bell cowbell and I didn't see one specifically for bikes that looks & sounds like a cowbell.

Can we get a link to the bike cowbell?

[Anonymous]

I ring my bell the most when the trail is narrow, and I'm climbing, especially if I'm clipped in. The worst is when walkers don't move to the side - like zero awareness.

[Anonymous]

They need to just ban bicycles entirely.

[Anonymous]

I run and if it's a hard run I can't find the energy to say "on your left" I just assume you can hear my huffing and puffing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bell should be mandatory for bicyclists to give warning. Most of the world except the united states does this. I bike, have and use a bell.
It works wonders for everyone's safety, including mine.

Making noise when passing is mandatory but unenforced. We can't get cops to give tickets to drivers, you think they're going to control paths?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I commute 10 miles along the cct. I will give a heads up if people seem at risk of changing direction, but i pass about 200 people every day. If I had to shout out to all of them I would be hoarse. And half the time when I do call out it just freaks them out and they start jumping the wrong way. If people are just walking in a straight line there is no need to call out.

Same.

If someone is walking on their far right and there is sufficient space so I can pass them on the far left of the other side of the trail, I usually don’t call out.

Give heads up if they’re walking in center of lane or close to center of trail, or walking dogs or walking with children, or joggers cause these all are less predictable and could change direction or stumble into the left side of trail with no warning or even a glance back.

The chances of a walker who is walking steadily on the far right suddenly jumping to far left of the trail are close to nil.

Agree. I commute on the W&OD and follow the same rules. Dogs, kids, groups, or someone just walking down the middle always get a bell. A single walker? Not always. And the vast majority of singles walking appear to have headphones/earbuds. I’m not a fast rider and I do slow further in congestion and always yield to people, but some people seem to hate to be passed at all and will snap whether you call out, bell, or do nothing. Just like some cyclists suck, some pedestrians do, too.

I hate walkers with earbuds on the W&OD. They are horrible people!

Why do they even bother going outside if it’s only to blast some stupid podcast into their ears?

[Anonymous]

I walk on the trail with a walking stick held horizontally so the bikes who whiz by without notice get clotheslined.

Slow the f down.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate living in a major city that allows e-bikes which go very fast and share space with pedestrians.

In fact, in NYC a man on an e-scooter crashed head on into a cyclist on a bridge recently and they both died because the illegal e-scooter was most likely going as fast as 50 mph.

I barely ride my bike anymore but if we had to pick cyclists or pedestrians on the mixed use trails, I'd choose cyclists every time. Pedestrians can safely walk on every sidewalk. Protected bike lanes are few and far between. We should promote cycling as a form of transit, and the mixed use trails are rarely used for pedestrian commutes.

Omg no we don’t need to allocate scarce resource so the 6 bike commuters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate living in a major city that allows e-bikes which go very fast and share space with pedestrians.

In fact, in NYC a man on an e-scooter crashed head on into a cyclist on a bridge recently and they both died because the illegal e-scooter was most likely going as fast as 50 mph.

I barely ride my bike anymore but if we had to pick cyclists or pedestrians on the mixed use trails, I'd choose cyclists every time. Pedestrians can safely walk on every sidewalk. Protected bike lanes are few and far between. We should promote cycling as a form of transit, and the mixed use trails are rarely used for pedestrian commutes.

Omg no we don’t need to allocate scarce resource so the 6 bike commuters.

Well yes we do because every bike ride is one less car in the city and parking garages. We need that desperately l. Haven’t you driven around the city lately?