I'm looking at that video and wondering. With a car sitting on my ass so close, with curb that high, at that speed, on a road bike with adrenaline pumping, would I risk that move?
I'm no Peter Sagan but I still am capable of doing that move. But in that environment? Xant stop thinking what would have happened if that guy made a tiny mistake and fell. And what else could he do?
I have been in couple of similar situations like that and I always escaped to the other side of the road, timing when other lanes look safe. I'm still here, alive, so it worked.
I'm just trying to figure out the safest escape strategy from exactly that situation and if anyone has any tested methods, please share.
by zubergu
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u/zubergu
>I’m just trying to figure out the safest escape strategy from exactly that situation
There is only one …onto the sidewalk
Glad they got caught.
samir you’re breaking the car
If I remember correctly, at least one of the guys in these videos is a pro racer who said he rides 30k-40k miles a year.
Obviously that doesn’t make the pressure of the situation any less, but I imagine the guys in this group have about as much experience on 2 wheels as you can have.
So glad they got caught. It’s so insane to be upset over cyclists literally riding in the bike the lane.
That move was ballsy AF and impressive.
I wouldn’t risk that move unless the car was literally about to hit me. Even then, I think I would have slammed the brakes and gotten as close to the curb as possible, maybe even taking a side seat on the sidewalk. That double wheel curb hop, I’d practice at low speed, on a quiet street.
This is why cars need front plates.