SpeedofLite 

Well, now that's a coincidence. The rest of the story is I saw this same guy in the parking lot soon after finishing. He was putting his bike into the bed of a big ass truck. Then he took off his jersey, shoes, and socks, threw them into the truck, and put on a big ass cowboy hat and sandals. Then he pulled a big ass dog out of his truck and put it on a leash. He proceeded to walk his dog toward the finish line crowd and music wearing his big ass cowboy hat, bib shorts with naked torso, and sandals. it wasn't a nut hammock situation, but it was a Borat-like look. Not that there's anything wrong with it.

bruce19

I call "I'm on your left" all the time. In my experience, recreational riders cannot be relied upon to hold their line. In fact, most of them don't know what that means.

Nachoman

I'm totally stealing that from you!
I usually stealth pass or yell 'whoo hoo' from as far away as practicable, so as not to scare them into swerving into me.

02Giant 

I calmly call on your left. The vast majority look back and acknowledge your presence. Prior to the call out, I back pedal a bit as I get close. My freehub has fairly loud pawl engagement, it usually gets their attention first.

kbarch

"On my right?" Can't say I've heard it, but I think I've heard OF people saying that, and people saying it was weird.
If I have to pass another rider closely, I'll simply say "passing" - of course I'm on their left! ​​​​​​​ If I can, though, I'll just pass plenty wide so it's not worth mentioning. If I'm passing pedestrians, hopefully I'll be on a bike with a bell. If not, I'll click the levers, say "hello," or "morning!" Again, of course I'm on their left!

WhyFi

Woman sues ?hot pizza? bicyclist who crashed into her along Centennial Trail | The Spokesman-Review

u235

Seen similar a few times. Total freak out. As many have concluded, there are varying degrees of MUP experience out there. On the flip side, I pass a runner on an unpopulated fast moving MUP a few times a month. I ring my bell a few times, he without even looking or flinching tosses up a quick thumbs up. He gets it. He knows I am just giving a warning, he acknowledges. Works perfect.

SpeedofLite 

Thanks for the link. This rider was wrong in so many ways. Easy money for the plaintiff's lawyers.

As an old college buddy used to say "Some people should get 5 years in prison just for being stupid."

WhyFi

Definitely, but I was just posting for reference to yelling "HOT PIZZA!"

memebag

To those who pass without announcing: Please announce. If I don't know you're back there I may swerve in front of you at the last second, injuring us both. Also, it's the law in Texas for a cyclist to announce when passing.

Re "on your right": I've never heard that, but my bike team calls out "rider right" when they see riders ahead on our right to let everyone in the paceline know. We do that before we call "passing on your left" and "paceline coming through".

popeye

In my experience 50% will move the opposite way. I had two gals change sides. I just give them as much room as I can. I also had a gal chastise me for not calling left on a 3 lane HWY and one chastise me for not moving over on a 3 lane after she called left and I did not hear her. Nothing against gals i love em it could have been a guy. A month ago I hear "on your left" from a loud speaker on the SART and I freaked looking up in the sky. It was the sheriff behind me. "Good morning" works better than "on your left" if you must.

Dan333SP

The 67-year-old woman injured when a bicyclist yelled “hot pizza” and then crashed into her along the Centennial Trail is suing the rider.

Virginia Pearsall hired lawyers Bob Dunn and Dan Fasy to press her case against the cyclist, 44-year-old Justin Haller.

“Like some sort of asinine idiot, he plowed right into her,” said Dunn. “Instead of acting like a reasonable adult, the guy had road rage, acting like some sort of potentate of the pathway.”

Wow. This is quality stuff.

Colnago Mixte

There are some very poetic people out there, most undiscovered. This man is a lawyer, speaking to the press about his client's case. It pretty much comes with the territory, most likely along with unused master's degree in English.

I was impressed by the neighbor of Nicole Simpson who said he recalled hearing a "plaintive wail" that night, coming from a dog at such and such a time, indicating that's approximately when the murders occurred. That's some quality stuff too.

cyclebycle13

shame to be worshiping d-o-g all those years.

Zaskar

So, what he really wanted to be yelling was "HEY!!! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! EVERYONE LOOOOK AT MEEEEE!!!"

jitteringjr

brianmcg123

kbarch

And signal before making any marked shifts in the lane or changes in course. That's the law, too.

memebag

I look ahead of me. If someone is coming from behind quickly they should also be looking ahead and give me warning. It's simple courtesy.

memebag

Pedestrians do not have to signal.

jitteringjr

jitteringjr

memebag

toast3d

Every time I shout "passing on the left!", the rider acts confused. Sometimes they even say "what?".

-_-

Even worse, if I simply ding my bell instead, some people tend to act startled. This can be especially dangerous with pedestrians, who might make a sudden wrong move. Hasn't happened yet though.

I'm kinda thinking that "passing on the left" is itself too complicated for most people who aren't really accustomed to sharing the bike lane with other riders. Maybe I should just simplify it. Maybe I should just yell "passing!". Ding ding.

jitteringjr