I drive a big 4wd truck at work and it's my belief that the bigger and faster you are the more essential it is to drive (or cycle) courteously
a double buggy's larger than a CX bike but the CX bike is faster so maybe this guy was simply using your logic but too confused to work out what to do? 
it's more likely he saw MF moving over so continued on his journey oblivious to his anxieties.
Ignore TJ mastiles, I'm sure everyone else reading both threads can see that they're wholly different- the only thing they have in common is evidencing your predisposition to get your knickers in a twist over something apparently trivial and then witter on about it on the internet. 
Crouch Potato - you are certainly not wrong there
And I really wish he had come back for a 'discussion'
Stick (or baby) through the spokes and he wouldn't have had a choice 
So the OP was on a footpath and made enough room for the cyclist to pass (and an apparently inexperienced cyclist + daughter had managed to do so previously) but said biker got arsey.
Seems to me that the guy on the CX was the d*ck here.
Next case.
You're def in the right here MF. I'm of the opinion that when i'm on my bike i give way to cars and trucks and horses etc because they can hurt me, and i give way to people kids prams dogs etc because i can hurt them. I even give way to other cyclists - i'm just a nice kind of guy really lol.
the only thing they have in common is evidencing your predisposition to get your knickers in a twist over something apparently trivial and then witter on about it on the internet
and cynically use his children to induce sympathy from those who just understand.
what would have happened if you hadn't moved? was he going too fast to stop.
also, if you move out of the way for someone what do you expect them to do other than utilise the space you've kindly provided and ride past? stop for a debate?
I hate prams, they should be taxed, insured and MOT'd and made to use the roads
or make the babies walk, baby giraffes can do it
what would have happened if you hadn't moved? was he going too fast to stop.
baby giraffes can do it
Lions in maternity wards then?
maybe in private wards
NHS might use feral cats or all those surplus Staffies in Battersea Dogs Home
I have a child and i consider ANYONE who trots out the "you don't have kids, you wouldn't understand" line incredibly patronising indeed.
Oh and FWIW i think MF is right to be annoyed, the fact that he was pushing a pram is largely irrelevant, the cyclist has no right just to force his way past, regardless of their supposed ROW.
probably been said already, but why don't people actually say something at the time rather venting from behind a keyboard?
probably been said already, but why don't people actually say something at the time rather venting from behind a keyboard?
The op is correct about this incident stop giving him a hard time
It's very difficult NOT to give MF a hard time tho.. not quite sure why tbh
our double buggy is like a tanker
Don't you have the very same giant pushme-pullyou thing that I saw in a shop and laughed at, wondering whoever would by such a gargantuan monstrosity?
at it's not against the law to ride on footpaths?
But it is illegal to cycle on footpaths on all the legal sites I have looked at .Even pushing on one is a grey area
It's very difficult NOT to give MF a hard time tho.. not quite sure why tbh
wondering whoever would by such a gargantuan monstrosity?
(Everyone at the twins club we go to is impressed by it and it's flexibility from birth to 3 years old. Everyone with single babies thinks it is mentalist huge). Which it is.
Size, practicality and manoevrability not issues then?
You could get a Chariot bike trailer.. a dream with 2 kids in
Size, practicality and manoevrability not issues then?
I am currently trying to sell the benefits of a multi-purpose offroad pushchair (walking/riding one with a bike adapter + it's own full wheel set) to my wife so we can do some riding / long walks this summer
Chariot is the bees knees mate, although expensive. Narrower than most double pushchairs, real working suspension, all sorts of supports for babies of all ages, and handles beautifully. Not cheap, mind
Not cheap, mind
Double buggies are pretty unweildy.
I do get suprised sometimes by the people walking three abreast on the pavement who appear to expect me to push babies into oncoming traffic rather than give me a tiny bit of room.
MF seems to have a reasonable point here, if on a bike I always go very slow when faced with kids/dogs/etc, it's good manners and common sense.
What is when it comes to babies?
Close baby sling - £50
Quinny Zap - £130
Bugaboo Chameleon - £700
Take your pick.
(And yes I know you have twins (as does everyone) that wasn't specifically aimed at you; I have little knowledge of twin strollers )
(as does everyone
baby giraffes can do itYeah, so can wildebeest - something like 10 seconds after birth. But then again, they have lions to contend with.
mastiles_fanylion - MemberIt might not be against the law but even on a bridleway a bike has to give way to horse/walker and the horse to the walker.probably been said already, but why don't people actually say something at the time rather venting from behind a keyboard?
I tried to call him back but he carried on riding as he shouted 'it's a shared use path'. I would happily have discussed it with him at the time.
Sorry - repeating ourselves continually is a family trait
Lol
To the cyclist riding an Orange hardtail along the same path this Sunday...
Hello - see, it is dead easy to get past when both parties consider the other.
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