Etiquette on hills

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Audax67 wrote: 2 May 2021, 5:13pm Every so often, when we get onto a decent long flat, I put the hammer down and leave him about a klick behind, but then when he finally catches up I feel guilty.

Dear Aunt Marge, what can I do?
Stop bleeding worrying! Just wait at the next junction or when you feel like a drink or snack or rest.

As to the opening post, just sound (bell, or voice if it's quiet) then overtake at 1.5+m and if you like excuse the electricity. Don't stalk the poor solely-pedal-powered up hills!
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Some great answers, many thanks to all. I shall pass others with appropriate greetings next time.As to offering a 'tow', I've always wondered about that on hill climbs - aren't tows only really useful at higher speeds, when wind resistance is the main slowing factor?
peterb wrote: 2 May 2021, 4:56pm BTW ChrisF, may I ask what kit you used to convert the Galaxy?
A Woosh kit, rear hub motor,17AH downtube battery and LHS pedal sensor. Only real problem is that I can't fit the display to the bars, the clamp is too small - it's fitted vertically to the top of the steerer tube, so I can't see it unless I stop.
The kit works very well, much more powerful than I need - as a new user of an e-bike (after a lifetime of non-e) that leads to another question but I'll post separately about that.
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Is it not the done thing to offer them a licorice allsort?
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Not feel guilty?
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Mike Sales wrote: 2 May 2021, 8:28pm Is it not the done thing to offer them a licorice allsort?
An Uncle Joe's Mintball, please. I'd switch my assitance off for one of those.
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mjr wrote: 2 May 2021, 5:28pm
Audax67 wrote: 2 May 2021, 5:13pm Every so often, when we get onto a decent long flat, I put the hammer down and leave him about a klick behind, but then when he finally catches up I feel guilty.

Dear Aunt Marge, what can I do?
Stop bleeding worrying! Just wait at the next junction or when you feel like a drink or snack or rest.

As to the opening post, just sound (bell, or voice if it's quiet) then overtake at 1.5+m and if you like excuse the electricity. Don't stalk the poor solely-pedal-powered up hills!
Oi! It's me the poor solely pedal-powered. He's the one with the big thick bottom (bracket, that is).
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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A67, get a tandem with or without power. As for sharing food, they should be lucky to get as much as a chocolate biscuit, as Mrs May said :wink:
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Etiquette? ..... don't get too caught up in it ...... just go past with a cheery "good morning" or whatever time of day it is :D
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Audax67 wrote: 2 May 2021, 5:13pm Witness the bloke I usually ride with and who p's me off mightily. He went electric two years back, while I'm still using the muscles my momma gave me. When we're on the flat he bellyaches if we go over 25 kph (his bike does weigh somewhere north of a metric shirtload) yet he grumbles about "autonomy" if we ride at 24.5, so we're usually dawdling along at around 22 kph. When we hit a decent hill then bzzzz-zzzzz-zzzz-zzzzz and he's away up it while I blow my aortal arch up like a barrage balloon trying to catch up. Up at the top he has recovered (from what???) while I'm still wheezing like a grampus and riding in zig-zags.

Every so often, when we get onto a decent long flat, I put the hammer down and leave him about a klick behind, but then when he finally catches up I feel guilty.

Dear Aunt Marge, what can I do?
Does he feel guilty when he waits for you at the top of the hill?
Continue to blow him away on the flat at over 25 km/h until he gets the message!

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Mike_Ayling wrote: 12 May 2021, 7:40am
Audax67 wrote: 2 May 2021, 5:13pm Witness the bloke I usually ride with and who p's me off mightily. He went electric two years back, while I'm still using the muscles my momma gave me. When we're on the flat he bellyaches if we go over 25 kph (his bike does weigh somewhere north of a metric shirtload) yet he grumbles about "autonomy" if we ride at 24.5, so we're usually dawdling along at around 22 kph. When we hit a decent hill then bzzzz-zzzzz-zzzz-zzzzz and he's away up it while I blow my aortal arch up like a barrage balloon trying to catch up. Up at the top he has recovered (from what???) while I'm still wheezing like a grampus and riding in zig-zags.

Every so often, when we get onto a decent long flat, I put the hammer down and leave him about a klick behind, but then when he finally catches up I feel guilty.

Dear Aunt Marge, what can I do?
Does he feel guilty when he waits for you at the top of the hill?
Continue to blow him away on the flat at over 25 km/h until he gets the message!

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You're worrying too much.
If I get passed by a rider on an Ebike I'm just relieved that he/she has help. I feel much worse when it's a normal bike. :oops:
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On my ebike I get passed by non ebikes. Now that really is good for morale.
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Oldjohnw wrote: 13 May 2021, 9:21am On my ebike I get passed by non ebikes. Now that really is good for morale.
Us too ... and by runners.
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stodd wrote: 13 May 2021, 9:23am
Oldjohnw wrote: 13 May 2021, 9:21am On my ebike I get passed by non ebikes. Now that really is good for morale.
Us too ... and by runners.


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Hi,
I could think of lots of joking things to say as I pass yet another electric bike :P
But just say "Hello" (or as an old fart in devon says "Alright")
Opps the OP is on an electric :)

Seriously I catch and pass some TT guy on my tourer or climbing a steep hill some racer guy says "small gears" to me, rucksack paniers an all, who's dishing who, especially when my overtaking and gaining cadence in lower than him!
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