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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I rode at the same exertion walking would have put me under. I figure it was less time in the smoke, so probably still better.
All you guys trying to set records on your commutes, are you the guys blowing by me at 40km/h on the path where the limit is 20? I'm amazed at how fast some people ride with people around and kids and dogs etc. I also have correlated those guys with lack of bell usage. I've decided I hate silent passers.
Last Friday on the Riverwalk there was column of traffic stuck behind someone slow while bikes where coming the other way, but some hero decides he's going to pass anyway. So we were 3 wide with a solid amount of traffic on both sides.
Strava should just shutdown if you're on a pathway.
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I think that my speed depends on how busy the path is. I commute along the elbow river near stampede park, so I've been going much slower along there in the afternoons.
When I'm commuting before 7am, I'm riding as fast as I can push myself though. I know there technically still a speed limit, but I'm not hurting anyone.
As for bell usage, I feel like I over use it. When I'm passing (bike, pedestrian, etc...) I give a ring when I'm 5-10 seconds away, then again just when I'm passing. I also ring any time I'm going around any blind corner.
In the end, it doesn't matter what the bylaw says, or what common courtesy dictates; some people are just too thick to use common sense when they're doing anything.