[Jwhite7776]

It is not that difficult to be courteous to carts when riding a bike on the shared path. Lots of times I will pull over and let the carts pass. Most are appreciative of the jester. When I am in my cart I return the gesture to the cyclists. What is a few extra seconds.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Jwhite7776

It is not that difficult to be courteous to carts when riding a bike on the shared path. Lots of times I will pull over and let the carts pass. Most are appreciative of the jester. When I am in my cart I return the gesture to the cyclists. What is a few extra seconds.

It really all depends. If I'm bicycling uphill, I'm not going to pull over and let a cart pass until I get to the top of the hill. Starting in the middle of a hill from a complete stop on a bicycle is very difficult to do.

I pull as far to the right as I can, and slow down if it's practical to do so, so that they can pass me. But there's no reason for me to stop for every golf cart that wants to pass (which would typically be every golf cart coming up behind me).

If it's not practical to let them pass me, I'll speed up and go as fast as I can, so as to minimize their need to slow down.

[Polar Bear]

When on my bike, I let carts go by all the time. I ride a hybrid specifically so I can safely exit the pavement onto the grass anytime I need to and ride on the grass for a short distance while the cart passes.

My main goal is of course self preservation , but a close second is courtesy to the cart. It causes me no heartburn whatsoever...and almost no delay.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Where I come from, bicycles aren't supposed to ride on the sidewalks

We do not care what the rules are where you came from.
We care about the rules in place here.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'd never ride a bike on a *pedestrian* path.

In TV, that is allowed and we do it all the time

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The only "vehicle" that should be allowed on a *pedestrian* path would be your feet, roller skates, a wheelchair (manual or electric), one of those neat knee-scooters for people with a bad leg, maybe a skateboard. Whether that's the rule or not, I don't know.

As you know, that is NOT the rule here.

On Sunday, we went down to St. Catherine and had a long and very enjoyable ride on the beautiful walking/biking paths.