http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: hand signals 101 en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:24:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257361 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:49:56 +0000 urchaidh 257361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks all. The 'hazard' one, pointing across the back away from the hazard, does seem to fit the bill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257330 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:53:59 +0000 deckard112 257330@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Generally recognised that a hand 'behind' the back indicates an upcoming obstruction (parked car, pedestrians on road for example) and that the rider is about to move out to avoid it and you should too. This can often be accompanied by a shout of 'inside'.</p> <p>Pointing to holes/ironwork/rough ground the hand is usually pointed down or in the general direction of the offending item. Again a shout of 'hole' or 'under' can also be used.</p> <p>(other variations are available!)</p> <p>Good article here - <a href="https://roadcyclinguk.com/how-to/technique/essential-guide-road-cycling-hand-signals-calls.html" rel="nofollow">https://roadcyclinguk.com/how-to/technique/essential-guide-road-cycling-hand-signals-calls.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257325 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:40:14 +0000 kaputnik 257325@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hand behind the back with a finger pointing down is usually to point out an obstruction like a hole or piece of detritus on the road.</p> <p>A wiggling hand/flat palm behind the back can be used to indicate something on the surface like glass or gravel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257322 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:19:56 +0000 Baldcyclist 257322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd have assumed some sort of Masons greeting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257320 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:13:07 +0000 panyagua 257320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could be the standard group ride signal for hazard ahead (hand used depends on which size the hazard is). </p> <p>See 'Oncoming Hazard' here: <a href="https://roadcyclinguk.com/how-to/technique/essential-guide-road-cycling-hand-signals-calls.html#cMIJc69OzbiyF9Cq.97">https://roadcyclinguk.com/how-to/technique/essential-guide-road-cycling-hand-signals-calls.html#cMIJc69OzbiyF9Cq.97</a></p> <p>Does that look like it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257319 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:12:57 +0000 Cyclingmollie 257319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>She might have been doing the club cyclist thing of indicating that there was a road-side obstruction that she was about to move off her line to avoid. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257318 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:06:02 +0000 jonty 257318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are you sure she wasn't just flexing her fingers? Or, indeed, shaking off a bit of oose? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18023#post-257317 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:02:05 +0000 urchaidh 257317@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was behind a cyclist on the way home last night who, several times, put a hand behind her back at waist level and wiggled her fingers for a few seconds, as if shaking off a bit of oose. It was done on both sides I think.</p> <p>I'm guessing this was a signal of some sort directed at me, and my first thought was, to my shame, that she felt I was too close. I don't think I was, but did pull back a little as too close is quite subjective.</p> <p>Is this a recognised group signal? </p>