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Originally Posted by kenpoboy
If you can’t pass a bike with your golf cart, you either need a new golf cart or you need to learn how to drive the one you have. Really? You couldn’t pass a bicycle??.??
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I have passed many a golf cart while riding my road bike. I almost always go as fast as I can. And, yes, I slow down and speed up as the terrain and wind dictate. It takes an almost unnoticeable change in the incline to change my speed between 15 and 20 mph. A bigger change can cause me to slow to 10 mph. I’ve broken 30 on some roads (like those east of Sumter Landing) when going down a steep hill.
But, I am going to go as fast as I can unless I am approaching one of the many splits on the MMPs. If I know I won’t be able to maintain at least 18 mph I slow down and wave the cart by.
I have also been in situations in my golf cart where someone in a cart was going 16-18 and there was a handful of carts stuck behind for a very long time. It is FAR easier and SAFER for a cart to pull over than for a bike. You mentioned you were going below 20 (16-18?). Do you pull over when carts approach you from behind?
So, in summary, there are times when I have to wait for you and times when you have to wait for me. That’s just life and you’re going to have to deal with the fact that the universe isn’t going to optimize itself to maximize your benefit.