Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Good points @
Skipjacks and @
OBoile . I'm going to back off my dogmatic view of this because I think we're describing our behaviours on very different kinds of paths.
It doesn't even take much distance to be a very difference biking culture.
I ride around Baltimore. It's like the Wild Wild West. No rules. Bike paths are more of a suggestion than a well thought out plan. 'Common' sense isn't very common.
But I've also ridden close to Washington DC, all of 30 miles away...and it's like a well oiled precision machine where everyone follows the same set of biking standards and knows what to do and acts predictably. When you're not used to that, it's kind of weird. And you go from being one of the better more experienced bikers at home to being a rookie who's in everyone's way.