Allan McVie
Hi
All this talk about pavement bike riders and stealth riders has made me pay attention this week to
the behavior of some of the bike riders I pass on my commute. So far this week I have spotted ,
-The standard stealth cyclist, Black / dark clothes no lights. -The safety aware stealth cyclist, as
standard but wears a helmet. -The energy efficent stealth cyclist as standard but has front and rear
lights fitted but only switches on the rear ones. -The double mobile stealth cyclist as standard but
also uses a mobile phone while on the move.
But my favourite was the one last night -The double bike energy efficent pavement hopping stealth
cyclist. This was a standard stealth cyclist with front and rear lights fitted, rear only lit who
was riding along the pavement while steering/towing a second bicyle with his right hand, he then
proceeded to hop off the pavement on to the busy main road to avoid a number of drive ways,
proceeded along the road about 150m, at a junction he got back on the pavement, when I passed him (
I had slowed down to watch him) the second bike hit a small hole and he almost lost it.
Allan
All this talk about pavement bike riders and stealth riders has made me pay attention this week to
the behavior of some of the bike riders I pass on my commute. So far this week I have spotted ,
-The standard stealth cyclist, Black / dark clothes no lights. -The safety aware stealth cyclist, as
standard but wears a helmet. -The energy efficent stealth cyclist as standard but has front and rear
lights fitted but only switches on the rear ones. -The double mobile stealth cyclist as standard but
also uses a mobile phone while on the move.
But my favourite was the one last night -The double bike energy efficent pavement hopping stealth
cyclist. This was a standard stealth cyclist with front and rear lights fitted, rear only lit who
was riding along the pavement while steering/towing a second bicyle with his right hand, he then
proceeded to hop off the pavement on to the busy main road to avoid a number of drive ways,
proceeded along the road about 150m, at a junction he got back on the pavement, when I passed him (
I had slowed down to watch him) the second bike hit a small hole and he almost lost it.
Allan
