Soldato
The state of our roads in this country doesn't help. I'm often riding in the middle of the lane (not the road) in many places, as the normal position is simply unrideable.
If you're thinking 'christ this road is bad' in your car, sitting in a squidgy seat with nice suspension.....imagine sitting on a bit of carbon fibre, no suspension and 110psi in your tyres!
(I realise it's my choice to ride a bike.....I'm just saying.....)
Yeah I know, some for me are really bad, because some are narrow the heavy vehicles (bin carts etc) damage the sides of the road and chip them away.
Its very rare for me to see a cyclist this time of year, my issue is really that I drive down some lovely roads in rural suffolk where mamils take a day off to go riding in the country.
So come the spring they will be about again, go for a nice ride out in the sticks, and I have no issue with that at all, its just some of them seem to think we all want to dawdle along (relatively ) at 20 (at a push for many) for a mile through a village whilst they take in the scenery
I don't keep my distain for the cyclists, car drivers annoy me just as much. The ones that drive along at 45 well away from the edge as well. Disappear off into the distance in the 30s, then a mile later I catch them, still doing 45 that they did through the last village