http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Riding two abreast on cycle paths during commuting times / crappy conditions? en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:28:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16156#post-214180 Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:05:34 +0000 Min 214180@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, riding like a [insert epithet here] is never cool. No matter how much you want the cyclepaths to be as wide as they are in the Netherlands, fact is they aren't. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16156#post-214177 Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:50:39 +0000 dougal 214177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think it *is* an unwritten rule not to take up so much of the width of the road/path that you cause a danger to oncoming traffic. That kind of thing shouldn't need said! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16156#post-214176 Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:44:05 +0000 Roibeard 214176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd prefer not prohibit cycling two abreast, however it seems only polite to single up to pass others and let others pass, just as I'd do when walking with a friend.</p> <p>Of course, it's always better if the path is wide enough to permit friends to walk/cycle beside each other and still leave room for passing! That's not the case on the canal, but hopefully on newer infrastructure...</p> <p>Hence, I fully agree that the oncoming riders should have singled up rather than force you off the path.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16156#post-214140 Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:55:16 +0000 mcsparshatt 214140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should it be an unwritten rule that this isn't that cool? </p> <p>I've almost come off a few times recently on the Leith to Roseburn path because I had to squeeze right over to avoid two riders riding two abreast, and the side of the path was either icy or really muddy or both. Fine if the conditions are OK / not too dark or it's quiet but I'd rather not come off for a third time this year! </p>