Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
I didn't miss the point.
I do suffer from a lack of empathy for the crying and whining by the "behaving wonderfully" cyclists who are "held up" and have such a hard time passing another cyclist, and get so bent out of shape because they are "forced" to do it more than once.
There is one thing about this that I'm not following. I could understand being miffed if a slow cyclist rudely cut in front of me at a light, I had to wait around to pass him, and then I left him in the dust. I would also be put off just by the cyclist cutting in line, slower or faster either one.
But over and over - the "fast" and "slow" cyclists have the same speed, light to light. The "slow" cyclist is riding more efficiently for the same overall velocity, and I could see how he or she has reason to be miffed at the "fast" cyclists rushing by after every light, forcing him to filter back to the front. One cuts at the light, other cuts between lights, almost equivalent. Just stay back and wait your turn, he might think, and we'll all get there just as quickly.