noglider 

Understood. And yesterday on the way home, the route was more crowded than normal, and I experienced some of the same. It was a bit frustrating. I think a center line helps, though. Mostly, people stay to the right of it except to pass. Then again, you can't expect kids to ride predictably.

tmesis

It's too bad that you feel that way. When I'm riding, I'm always happy to see other people enjoying themselves on their bikes, no matter their speed. If I need to, I slow down and try to savor the more meditative pace.

tmesis

One of the more reprehensible things I've seen on the Hudson Greenway was an adult cyclist scream at a child. The little child was enjoying a stroll from the opposite direction. The cyclist was blazing along at 20+mph during rush hour and gave the impression of being a type A, spandex, multikilobuck bike caricature. Instead of slowing down when the child wandered across the median, the dude chose to maintain his speed and scream, "NO! NO! NO! NO!" I guess what bothered me the most wasn't the foolishness of that speed during a busy hour on an MUP, but the entitled attitude. I might have tried to have a word with him if I thought I could catch him!

noglider 

@tmesis, I'm in violent agreement. As adults, our job is to teach kids, which means we can't expect them to know. Drive according to conditions. When children are present, it means max speed is ~10 mph, maybe less. Entitlement indeed. Expect kids to do the craziest things, because they don't know better, and even when they do, they don't have the skill yet.

Hugh Morris

@noglider Violent agreement - what a great phrase, and I'm with you.

@tmesis That must've been tough to see. What was the cyclist's back up plan if the kid didn't respond to "NO! NO! NO!" the way he hoped? It's a CHILD! Yeesh.