I am glad you have placed yourself as the alpha specie in this situation. A good look can set most things right.

I had a lot of people on the road this morning, which was weird considering it was a rather wet day. I think in my first 2 km I counted 8-10 people and another 10 +/-2 for the remaining 5 km. I chatted with a woman (on her bike) about some road/bike lane work the city was doing on the stretch she was on. She agreed with me independently and I said she should also call the city. I gave her the number and she said she would. I hope more people do since bike lane building does not always make things better on certain stretches.

It was a nice leisurely ride this morning otherwise. The clouds were just starting to clear over the Vancouver Island mountains and were about to offer up a nice view in a little while.

There were also tons of pedestrians. I was approaching a woman on the pedestrian cycle bridge and I just rang the crap out of my bell from a ways back since I was unsure of earphone situation with an umbrella and train going overhead. She turned and said thanks with a nice smile, I just was worried I was going scare the crap out of her. Another lady was on her phone with a coffee and I couldn't ring my bell on the downhill, so I just let my dump truck brake squeal alert her. Which ended with her drifting all the way from the left to the right without looking; I was going nice and slow on the right so it was a non-indecent.