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@ascentale @nick @bikenite A3. I'm surprised you feel that way. Do you only go on roadie rides?

The rides I go on, when I go on them, are no-drop. People are sometimes going to be tired and sometimes people are going to coast.

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I guess what I do on rides that's annoying is verbalize instead of just keeping it to myself when something annoys me. I need to learn to be quietly grumpy if I'm not justly grumpy in everyone's eyes. #BikeNite

@meganL @nick @bikenite

Yeah, I can see that being an issue if one is riding in a tightly-packed group where maintaining a constant speed is important to avoid crashing.

It's been a while for me, but I get it. We would call out "coasting" to let the person behind know.

@spacehobo @ascentale @nick @bikenite I do think it's good etiquette to call out slowing to a stop (there's a hand signal for it, although drivers and cyclists alike seem to forget it), but I think expecting everyone to be going the same speed all the time is unrealistic at the very least. #BikeNite

@meganL @spacehobo @nick @bikenite Yeah, I should clarify, that the example in the question does seem mostly related to riding for sport, and I can see it in the context of my own experience of riding for sport. It's definitely not an expectation for an everyday ride and I don't think the question was intended to be asked that way.

@ascentale @meganL @nick @bikenite It just seems like sport cycling is such a niche exception that it should be called out every time that is the framing. I suspect a lot of the people participating here have never lived anywhere people actually cycle, and it's damned confusing to read between the lines in their posts.

@spacehobo 90% of my rides are solo. I was trying to frame the question to be about what habits you may have picked up that you yourself find annoying that you try to get out of. Mine happens to be coasting when i should be pedaling (spelt correctly :D), when i catch myself doing it i get annoyed with myself