Cmayer31
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Major Hall of Shame moment.
Went on my first "group" ride this last weekend. We were on a two lane road and came upon a truck moving relatively slow compared to the posted speed limit. The two bikes in front of me passed on a dashed yellow section and the two bikes behind me were picking up speed to do the same. I checked for oncoming traffic, saw that I was clear, down shifted and started my pass. Unfortunately I had such tunnel vision on the oncoming traffic lane that I didn't realize that the lane was no longer dashed and I started my pass 100 yards or so before a left hand turn lane opened up. Much to my surprise right as I caught the slow moving truck he moved into the left turn lane and I did some major panic breaking to avoid running into the bed of the truck. Luckily with lots of rear tire chattering and front end diving I slowed enough to get around the right of him and avoid the line of riders already moving by in the regular lane.
I felt like such an arse for pulling that move and definitely learned from it. Had a great ride after that, but man that was a bad, bad move on my part.
Went on my first "group" ride this last weekend. We were on a two lane road and came upon a truck moving relatively slow compared to the posted speed limit. The two bikes in front of me passed on a dashed yellow section and the two bikes behind me were picking up speed to do the same. I checked for oncoming traffic, saw that I was clear, down shifted and started my pass. Unfortunately I had such tunnel vision on the oncoming traffic lane that I didn't realize that the lane was no longer dashed and I started my pass 100 yards or so before a left hand turn lane opened up. Much to my surprise right as I caught the slow moving truck he moved into the left turn lane and I did some major panic breaking to avoid running into the bed of the truck. Luckily with lots of rear tire chattering and front end diving I slowed enough to get around the right of him and avoid the line of riders already moving by in the regular lane.
I felt like such an arse for pulling that move and definitely learned from it. Had a great ride after that, but man that was a bad, bad move on my part.