Originally Posted by -=Łem in Pa=-
I took a backroad out of Wilmongton De. daily for months...The area where a poster here who regularly confronts me on this board lives. Rt. 100 is a windy, narrow country road that like many other NE roads was never meant for the traffic it now has to handle. In the spring, at
least twice a week, militant roadies would purposely spread out of the whole road going
15mph. Im sorry, Im an avid bike supporter but this is totally selfish, irresponsible behaviour.
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For those who care, here is a shot of Route 100 in Wilmington. I agree that this is a "windy, narrow country road that was never meant for the traffic it now has the handle" assuming you are talking about rush hour traffic. If you asked me if I think that cyclists should avoid this road at those times to "be courteous" I'd say no. 95% of the motorists on that roads are using it as a shortcut between 202 and 141 so why should a cyclist have any sympathy when slowing them down when the motorist could be sitting at a standstill on the major roads instead. If they don't want have to sit behind a slow cyclist on a curvy road, then take the major roads that were built better for the purpose of moving lots of traffic. If you don't want to do that, then deal with the chance of sitting behind a cyclist.
And Łem, since you used to ride on this road, where did you position yourself so as not to get in anyone's way? In my experience, one would need to ride the fog line 6 inches from the edge of the road (and the drainage ditch) to possibly allow faster traffic to pass unimpeded.
For the record, I'm discussing, not confronting. If I offend you with my posts, please say so and I'll drop it. I honestly find it interesting to discuss these roads since we both have experience on them.