The rail trail I ride every day has plenty of walkers and cyclists and, for the most part, it's not an issue. I've often encountered this scenario though and I'm wondering what other cyclists think.

In the example below, assuming that it's fairly evident that the two cyclists, A and B, are going to reach the walkers at the same time, what do you think each cyclist should do? I've encountered too many times where cyclist B decides to pass the walkers despite the fact that he needs to navigate between cyclist A and the pedestrians.

As a person who used to walk on the same trail with cyclists, I'm fairly conscious of pedestrians and how my actions might seem/feel to them regardless of how confident I might be of the move.

And yes, I've also wanted to the wring the necks of walkers in a multitude of situations (usually when there are more than two of them or they have a pet) but that's a different subject.