If someone says 'on your left' the correct action is to hold your line not swerve to the right. When riding in the shoulder I generally ride on or just to the right of the line. I frequently pass people who are riding in the shoulder and I don't expect them to move over. I wait until the lane is clear and move into the lane and pass on the left. I seldom have to slow down or brake as I can plan when I take the lane far in enough in advance. I'll normally say hi as I go by but don't say anything before passing.

If you want people to move over it's probably best to get a bell.

Personally, I ride to the far right of the shoulder. Most of the should are expansive...8 feet wide. If I do come upon someone riding near the white line, I'll generally just continue by on the right. The exception is if they're fiddling with something and seem not be established on their line...then I'll generally let them know I'm there and then pass. If the shoulder is more narrow, and there's not much room to their right, I'll check traffic and go around...carefully.

You are so funny. You constantly post and brag at the same time. 20 mph?

At least you didnt say your typical TT average is 24 here!

If the rider in question is steadily hugging the line, then I stealth pass on the right. If the rider says anything about the stealth pass, I'll yell back at him that slower traffic is supposed to keep right.

I rarely yell on your left anymore because that seems to startle people into weaving or if all they hear is the word "left" then they move left into my path.

I was about to comment that this doesnt happen to often on Foothill. then bang, yesterday there was a rider meandering on the L side of the lane in a tighter section near where foothill meets alpine. So i was mentally reshashing this thread as i was essentially track standing behind this rider.

I did not say on your left, because the person seem like the kind to be easily startled.
I did not pass on the right because it was a tight fit and the whole easily startled thing
I waited...and waited...and waited till it was clear of cars then went around on the left
Did not say hi. but i don't say hi to anyone when i ride my bike

i think thats what i'd probably do again in the future.

Dude 20 mph on foothill for most of it is NOT fast.

If u think thats a brag you're easily impressed.

The spectrum ride will take most of foothill after 2 hrs of solid riding at 24-27 mph rarely dropping under 23. Foothill is short - its like 8 miles long . Way different that averaging 20+ for 50+ miles.

My question mark had to do with 20 mph instead of what you just said 24-27. Posting 20 here just wasn't like you

Another oversensitized forumite apparently who projects onto others. Do a search on my prior posts and see how much I 'brag' - it's not much. Saying I train 16-18 hours a week is not a brag - I actually do that, and wake up at 4:30AM to get it done on weekdays and need that much training to compensate for my crappy genetics.

Riding 20+mph in a 40k TT while saving enough gas to run fast in a triathlon is also not a brag - that's actually an easy pace for the top 20% of triathletes in my age group, and that's a notably weaker field than competitive roadies. Your reading into my brags is pretty ridiculous given how low my speeds are.