Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
Same thing here as well. You don't know how things will go, no point in losing energy by breaking, no point in continuing to pedal because you might need to break and lose it as well.
Plus it's the best for being able to look around and be aware of traffic.
This ^^^ This is my approach. I don't see the point in losing energy by braking and no point in continuing to peddle. So I've just taken to soft peddling as a way of trying to make the best of the situation. Of course if I were riding in a group, that's whole other ball of wax.