Tubehunter Posted September 28, 2016 Share Following from the cradle thread how about a challenge? Let's see who is game!(Original thread: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/163139-cradle-incident-know-this-cyclist/?st=0) For the next week, when you cycle do the following: - Use hand signals whenever you are doing something on the road, so that motorists coming up behind you do not have to anticipate or guess what your actions are. In the situation that this whole event is based on, show that you are taking a lane outside of the yellow line when you want to overtake a slower cyclist so that cars approaching know what to do.- When they and any car that overtakes you gives you space, Pick up your hand and give them a thumbs up! They are watching in the rear view mirror. With a little luck you'll get them to smile and with a lot of luck the next vehicle approaching you from behind will have seen the exchange and give you the same thing!- Smile at people in cars where you have the opportunity to. Red lights are the bomb for this! They will realise you are HAVING FUN while riding and probably catch some of that fire in the moment of your brief interaction! This will have a profound affect on their next cyclist interaction!- Start learning to trackstand so that each time you have to stop it's not a mission, but an opportunity to enhance the skill! (https://www.google.c... to track stand)- When driving your car, drive to the rules and be the change we seek! (As per RocknRolla's good suggestion!) Have a real go at this for a week and come back and tell us whether you notice any change on your rides! I dare you! Edited September 28, 2016 by Tubehunter BenReaper, Iwan Kemp and Reinhardt89 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veebee Posted September 28, 2016 Share - Use hand signals whenever you are doing something on the road, so that motorists coming up behind you do not have to anticipate or guess what your actions are. In the situation that this whole event is based on, show that you are taking a lane outside of the yellow line when you want to overtake a slower cyclist so that cars approaching know what to do.- When they and any car that overtakes you gives you space, Pick up your hand and give them a thumbs up! They are watching in the rear view mirror. With a little luck you'll get them to smile and with a lot of luck the next vehicle approaching you from behind will have seen the exchange and give you the same thing!- Smile at people in cars where you have the opportunity to. Red lights are the bomb for this! They will realise you are HAVING FUN while riding and probably catch some of that fire in the moment of your brief interaction! This will have a profound affect on their next cyclist interaction! If you don't already do these basic things then maybe you should stick to indoor training... Live you life in a gym or on the couch... Odinson, Warthog, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted September 28, 2016 Share No problem for me except smiling at the motorist part I do most of it. Not a master of the track stand. This past Saturday I fell down while attempting track stand, if the lady in the 4x4 was not paying attention and was on a cell perhaps she would not have waited for me to get up when the light went green. Only the ego got bruised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhardt89 Posted September 28, 2016 Share If you don't already do these basic things then maybe you should stick to indoor training... Live you life in a gym or on the couch...Agreed. Overtake, change lanes and turn without hand signals at your own peril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyB Posted September 28, 2016 Share Off to give it a bash from this afternoon...not much difference to the way I normally ride anyhow! Tubehunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted September 28, 2016 Share Can you amend the OP, that when cyclists are in their vehicles, we should not drive over the speed limit, use indicators. Stop on amber, yield for pedestrians and in general obey the rules of the road. With the amount of cyclists out there who also uses vehicles, setting an example on the roads both in the car and on the bike will have a positive impact on all road users. Dont wait for the other guy to change behavior first... be the other guy first! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Tubehunter, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, BDF and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyB Posted September 28, 2016 Share Well that was lekker....70 kms of waving, thumbs up, thanking and smiling. Think I went a bit overboard but got some awesome responses from motorists....a good laugh at some of the traffic lights too! Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and BDF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 28, 2016 Share Can you amend the OP, that when cyclists are in their vehicles, we should not drive over the speed limit, use indicators. Stop on amber, yield for pedestrians and in general obey the rules of the road.With the amount of cyclists out there who also uses vehicles, setting an example on the roads both in the car and on the bike will have a positive impact on all road users. Dont wait for the other guy to change behavior first... be the other guy first! Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThis. I got a lekker honk from some tool in his Jag XF the other day. I had the temerity to let someone over the pedestrian crossing at the m5 koeberg interchange. I mean, how DARE I. RocknRolla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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