Wessel_Jhb

Its just a case of " ons het net een speelplek so ons almal deel maar" took my dogs for a walk across from rietvlei yesterday and drove up the gravel path towards sharondale and was closely followed by 2 MTB'ers. felt sorry for them being in my dust but what to do. Do I stop and wait for them to pass and then catch up with them and wait again or do I speed up and bounce around my dogs and miss the peacefull drive we are having? Or do I just continue and have them continue. Luckily I let them pass and they turned off soon afterwards. My wife and I can hear bikes on the blockhouse route but bikes on the blockhouse route cant hear us. Doesn't make them wrong. When we hear them we hang left and get off the trail and let them pass. Easy for both parties. I used to ride that route on a rm250 and a yfz450 and there is nothing worse than finding a jogger or cyclist that does not want you to pass them. I go around them if I know they are there but coming around a bend you cannot see or hear them but they can hear you, so in my mind they should move?

I cant understand how it is better to be unsafe and legal than to be safe and illegal? I dont get it.

Rather read from page one before commenting.

Rather read from page one before commenting.

HaHaHaHa

Ok so let me just say this once more. Or let me rather clarifie my statement. If i went out of the way so that you mister fellow cyclist can pass safely and still i get rammed i will take offence.

I did not want to stirr but im glad someone else picked this up.

I get the point...You get the point...Seems we are alone in getting the point.

I have not had an argument and still do not. You should get off your high horse and RELAX. READ boet READ. Also let me just add that i ride a MTB and do not spend my riding time on the street but unfortunately there is only tar roads to rietvlei.

Where in my post did you see me mentioning that the OP was in the wrong ? I too would have done the same. And also where in my post did i say i expect the cyclist on the Right side to stop get off and let me pass? If you took the time to read you would have seen that i mentioned i would have given the right of way to the cyclist on the right side. Rather relax and read. Im a tonsil yes cool are you happy? i have said it twice. I ride on the wrong side of the road when it is safer than the right side of the road. So shoot me.

The problem with many cyclists are that everyone thinks they are right and the rest are wrong. But infact none of us are right or wrong. We deal with the situation as it is at te moment and noone ever elaborates about the circumstances of the so called incident (not related to the OP's post but incidents in general) Sometimes i ride on the "right" side when its safe to do so. Other places i ride on the srong side because IN MY OPINION it is the safer side.

HAHAHA are you really going to try and stirrrr up k@k where there is none? Lets keep to the point? The OP ramming into a oncoming cyclist that was a poephol for not going out of the way of a cyclist on the legal side of the road. The OP being in the TOTAL RIGHT. If you read what i said i would have gone around if i saw it being clear (because i can see) or pull over so that he can pass safely. So get your G-string out of a knot and relax.

Ek se liewer niks. If you cannot read the whole post dont comment on segments of it. LoL whaddakwas !!

Cool ill pm you when we go again.

Hey peanut butter, I ride rietvlei with my wife every weekend but every now and then we do i trip to the blockhouse wimpy for breakfast. Works out to 40km's im not sure but i dont think rietvlei is a good track to judge racing fitness. Its very technical and i think the USN races are more open flats. Wait for some replies perhaps there are more guys that have ridden it with some advice.