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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
OK, why do you speed up????? If someone is "riding your tail", can't they see a "clear straight path" ahead just as well as you. Now, I always wave and thank the courteous cyclists as well. But my own personal thought is more along the lines of "I can see ahead as well, if not better than you. I am as good, if not better driver than you. I do not need you to dictate to me when I can pass. I will pass when I think it is safe, NOT YOU. YOU do not get to tell me what to do, nor do you control my actions. Just maintain your speed and I will decide my next move." And my apologies to Orange--I thought she was referring to riding down the middle of the entire path, not just her lane.
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I speed up to cart speed because if a cart is close behind me and the passing situation looks dicey, I don't want to inconvenience them or cause them to get impatient and potentially make a move that's dangerous for both of us. Being on a bike, I get the short end of a reckless cart driver. I usually slow down and pull over very quickly to make for a safer passing situation. When I wave a cart on, I am not telling them what to do. I am suggesting that I see, and I'm creating, an opportunity to pass that looks safer than passing me when I'm in the middle of my lane doing 18MPH. Should a cart driver not take that opportunity, I'd move back into the center of my lane and continue my cadence speed, but it is rare (never?) that a cart driver hasn't take an opportunity that I've created for their convenience and what I believe to be, our respective safety.