Originally Posted by
Daniel4
I was in a group ride last Sunday sponsored by the Advocacy group of which I am a member.
Riding in park multi-use trails we all tried to keep to the right side but sometines we had to get on the left to pass pedestrians, joggers and other slow moving cyclist ( who may or may not be part of our group ride).
So being part of the group, I had no idea if we were in fact unintentionally blocking and inconveniencing everybody else even when we wete trying not to.
It's all based on whose perspective just like the different perspective amongst motorist, pedestrian, and cyclists that could be the same person.
If the group is too large and you are trying to keep it together, the issue I've observed is that the leader starts the pass when the other lane is clear, but by the time it gets to riders further back in the line to pass, they do so even though the lane is no longer clear. I had to yell at a few people doing this very thing on the Minuteman yesterday. They seem completely oblivious because they're so fixated on not being dropped.