Riding Heaven's Highwayson the grand tour
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Tehachapi Mtns, Calif.
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Bikes: '10 C'Dale Tandem RT2. '07 Trek Tandem T2000, '10 Epic Marathon MTB, '12 Rocky Mountain Element 950 MTB, '95 C'dale R900, "04 Giant DS 2 '07 Kona Jake the Snake, '95 Nishiki Backroads
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Not your issue, you read the situation and made your best call, the over-taking riders had the greater responsibility and missed it big in IMHO.
Back in the day we rode the LA and Orange County bike paths a lot on singles and our Tandem. We particularly enjoyed the ones from the coast inland to the foothills and tried to ride them in the quiet times of the day, Even then however, your mindset had to be more laid back and in ultra defensive mode, you constantly had to expect the unexpected and use all of your senses all the time. On the days we wanted to hammer we had a responsibility to stay off the paths so we would not be a danger to ourselves or others.
The reality is that on most paths there is just not a lot of 'escape room' if things go badly. We also need to remember that those paths are built for a large cross section of society to use. They were not built for want to be elitist cyclists that wrongly decide to use it for their private training ground. People do have all kind of reasons to slow and stop, just as you did. The issue was not yours, it was those that choose to group ride in an inappropriate environment in an inappropiate manner.
Bill J.