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Anonymous wrote:People who let their kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk and then get mad when you are in their way while walking. If you are old enough to ride in the street, do it. If not, go to a park with your kids to ride. Bikes don't belong on the sidewalk, regardless of the age of the rider.

I can't stand adults who do this. I've stopped moving out of their way

How are you supposed to get to the park. Are you suggesting we drive the bike to a park we can easily walk or bike to?
That said I walk in front or behind him when other folks are coming. It is just polite.

If you can walk to the park, you can have your kid walk his or her bike to the park. Push the bike and walk next to it. How is that confusing?

A kid walking his bike on a sidewalk takes up FAR more room than if he rode it.

I live in the suburbs and everyone rides bikes on the sidewalks or trails, except for the Serious Bikers, who ride in the street.

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Anonymous wrote:People who let their kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk and then get mad when you are in their way while walking. If you are old enough to ride in the street, do it. If not, go to a park with your kids to ride. Bikes don't belong on the sidewalk, regardless of the age of the rider.

I can't stand adults who do this. I've stopped moving out of their way

Not with you on this one.

We live close-in and to get to done of the trails we would have to be on extremely busy, fast roads with zero shoulders. I'm not putting an 8-year old on those--that's stupid. We are very respectful,, go extremely slow and dismount and push the bikes if the sidewalks are crowded.

No. The answer is that you have your kid WALK his bike on the sidewalk until you get to the trail. There should be no bike RIDING on sidewalks, even by kids. My toddler has almost been hit several times by kids wobbling by on a bike. I also have an older kid and he walks his bike to the park before mounting it.

So you live in the suburbs? Cool. But not everyone does. We live in the city and walk or bike everywhere. My kids aren't going to ride on Mass Ave, sorry.

Runner here. My arch enemy: owners of unleashed dogs. Yesterday an unleashed dog jumped on me in the woods as I was running, almost knocking me over (he probably weighed more than I do). His owner's response, after she caught up to him: "Oh, sorry. He loves to play with runners!"

And of course many these owners, strolling way behind their dogs and yapping away on their phones, conveniently fail to see when the dogs poop on the path.

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Anonymous wrote:People who let their kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk and then get mad when you are in their way while walking. If you are old enough to ride in the street, do it. If not, go to a park with your kids to ride. Bikes don't belong on the sidewalk, regardless of the age of the rider.

I can't stand adults who do this. I've stopped moving out of their way

Not with you on this one.

We live close-in and to get to done of the trails we would have to be on extremely busy, fast roads with zero shoulders. I'm not putting an 8-year old on those--that's stupid. We are very respectful,, go extremely slow and dismount and push the bikes if the sidewalks are crowded.

+1. My 8-year-old and I commute by bike to school, and then I ride on to work. We've done this since he was 3 and learned to ride without training wheels. No way is he riding in the street. I've taught him to stop at every alley, ride very slowly and use his bell when approaching pedestrians, and get off his bike and walk with it when necessary. I supervise very closely, and he knows that bikes are guests on the sidewalks.

P.S. In DC, biking on the sidewalk is legal everywhere outside of downtown. Doesn't mean bikers should be jerky about it, but it's legal and certainly advisable for children.

Anonymous wrote:Bikes that dont defer to pedestrians (hierarchy in exercise spaces is cars defer to bikes, who defer to pedestrians). Pedestrians have the right of way but a lot of smarm bikers know they can intimidate people since they have a motor vehicle that can essentially be used as a weapon

I ride and I walk on the trails, and I really do not find that many cyclists who do that. I think many pedestrians may not understand that ringing a bell is a warning of a pass, not a demand that you move out of the way (assuming you are correctly on the right side of the trail, and moving)

Note - walkers who are not moving should move off the trail, and people should try to avoid being on the left hand side of the trail, except to pass.

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Anonymous wrote:We're a family of runners and cyclists (DH commutes via bike and kids have biked to school and summer jobs), so we're on the Crescent Trail a lot. I don't hate anyone, but I do find it very annoying and rude when cyclists expect that saying "on your left" will immediately result in the runner,cyclist or walker they're trying to pass moving to the far right or even off the trail. On a multimodal trail, you need to accept that you'll have to slow down sometimes.

I can only speak for myself and not other cyclists, but when I say "on your left" it's not because I expect anyone to move off the trail. I say it because a lot of pedestrians or other cyclists will get into "their own little world" and will suddenly swerve to the left with no notice. By saying "on your left" I'm just warning them that I am coming and to not suddenly move directly in front of me. If the pedestrian/other cyclist maintains how they were going, it's all good

Exactly!

Bikes that dont defer to pedestrians (hierarchy in exercise spaces is cars defer to bikes, who defer to pedestrians). Pedestrians have the right of way but a lot of smarm bikers know they can intimidate people since they have a motor vehicle that can essentially be used as a weapon

Anonymous wrote:You are not a car. Move your bike off to the right. You are holding up hundreds of cars behind you that now have to go 30-40mph below the speed limit.

I am an avid runner and biker. Multiple marathons and bike races, countless training hours and I never for once thought I was a car.

People are taking the lane on a 55MPH road? Where is this?

I never take the lane on a road faster than 35MPH posted limit. For that to make someone go 30MPH below the speed limit would mean I am riding at 5MPH (I go faster than that even uphill, and I do not take the lane uphill on steep grades) Also if I am taking the lane on a 35MPH road, there is usually either an easy way to pass in an adjacent lane, or I do it for a very short distance only.

Most of the places I take the lane are 30MPH posted limit or 25MPH. You do the math.

Hey dude loudly talking on his cell phone about his colonoscopy as he walks around the lake -- TMI, guy, way too much information.

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Anonymous wrote:People who let their kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk and then get mad when you are in their way while walking. If you are old enough to ride in the street, do it. If not, go to a park with your kids to ride. Bikes don't belong on the sidewalk, regardless of the age of the rider.

I can't stand adults who do this. I've stopped moving out of their way

Not with you on this one.

We live close-in and to get to done of the trails we would have to be on extremely busy, fast roads with zero shoulders. I'm not putting an 8-year old on those--that's stupid. We are very respectful,, go extremely slow and dismount and push the bikes if the sidewalks are crowded.

No. The answer is that you have your kid WALK his bike on the sidewalk until you get to the trail. There should be no bike RIDING on sidewalks, even by kids. My toddler has almost been hit several times by kids wobbling by on a bike. I also have an older kid and he walks his bike to the park before mounting it.

Riding on the sidewalk is legal in DC, outside the central business district, in all of Arlington, and in Alexandria except for two streets in Old Town. It is often the safer place to bike. Cyclists must yield ROW on sidewalks to pedestrians, but are not obligated to walk their bikes, and IMO should not be. Of course in many places and at many times there are few or no pedestrians on the sidewalk.

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Anonymous wrote:People who let their kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk and then get mad when you are in their way while walking. If you are old enough to ride in the street, do it. If not, go to a park with your kids to ride. Bikes don't belong on the sidewalk, regardless of the age of the rider.

I can't stand adults who do this. I've stopped moving out of their way

How are you supposed to get to the park. Are you suggesting we drive the bike to a park we can easily walk or bike to?
That said I walk in front or behind him when other folks are coming. It is just polite.

If you can walk to the park, you can have your kid walk his or her bike to the park. Push the bike and walk next to it. How is that confusing?

I'm out riding a bike and some jerk doesn't understand how to pass safely.

People who jog in the street

Anonymous wrote:You are not a car. Move your bike off to the right. You are holding up hundreds of cars behind you that now have to go 30-40mph below the speed limit.

I am an avid runner and biker. Multiple marathons and bike races, countless training hours and I never for once thought I was a car.

+1 Thank you!