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As a cyclist, two people cycling side by side while other vehicles are waiting to pass is a bit of a dick move tbh.

Not illegal, and nothing compared to the shit that drivers do to cyclists, but still a bit of a dick move.

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Cycling two abreast is better for the driver, since they can overtake much quicker.

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That image is quite a niche scenario and doesn’t represent the situation in the original image.

Obviously it’s different with a group of eight compared to just two people…

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niche scenario

Never been to a country where road cycling is massive then? Try living in anyplace that has Alps in it lol

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Yes illegal, depending on the country.

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So people saying the bikes side by side are a dick move are implying that you have more right to the road because you’re driving a car?

Generally speaking, to do an overtake, a car needs to leave the lane completely, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s one or two bikes.

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If those cyclists were blocking an ambulance or transit which even take up more room, those cyclists are the biggest assholes on the planet. Size really isn’t the best argument here.

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Ambulance and transit are both very different arguments from a single car.

Both the bikes and the car are supposed to make room for the ambulance.

Regulation about right of way for buses probably changes a lot between jurisdictions, so I don’t really have anything to say about that.

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Not at all if the argument is size alone or just spouting emissions. It’s a dumb cartoon to pair with the title.

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Most of the streets around here were built when the idea that every house could have a car would be viewed as a fantasy.

So you’ve got cars parked up and down each side of the road, and if two cars want to pass each other, then you have to hope that there’s space for one of you to pull over.

If you want to overtake even one bike, forget it. It’s probably got some balaclava wearing kid on it, weaving none-handed up the middle of the road.

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Gurl, what’s with the spooky bike fanfic

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Why state a car’s length in millimeters? Why state any length over a meter in millimeters?

Why doesn’t the world use the decimeter? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it used anywhere.

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Because too many people don’t understand sig figs

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Using millimeters is pretty common in engineering.

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I’ve seen technical drawings where the dimension of something is 10000+ mm. At that point I feel like the whole utility of the metric system is moot.

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I disagree with you. If you need five digits of precision, 12345 mm is precise and perfectly usable (and slightly less complex than 12,345 meters). Others might just say that the machine (or whatever) is twelve meters long. And all the math you need is removing three digits.

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This sub is pointless until it can provide a solution to having to get somewhere 30 miles from here when it’s 10 below outside for most of the winter.

Dont give me that it’s not always 10 below excuse. It is often 10 below or lower for long stretches in the north. Biking is simply not viable or practical.

Look at this example. Looks like it’s 80 and sunny with the top down on a convertible and everyone in summer clothes.

Everyone doesn’t live in Arizona, kar Karen.

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Chill. We are working on the temperature. It just takes time, but I think we got one or two degrees already

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