Vorpal wrote:robing wrote:So what would I have done? I would have just stayed in primary behaving like a vehicle - not attempting to undertake or overtake at any point and also preventing anyone from overtaking or close passing me. Other option would be to dismount and walk on the pavement on the other side.
Would you honestly have sat in the queue, breathing exhaust for 10 minutes? And give up one of the advantages of commuting by bicycle?
IMO filtering is when a cyclist moves steadily past a queue of traffic. In this case there was nowhere to go once past that first car as the road is too narrow unless a car is on the centre line. The traffic was still moving. I would have sat back and waited until nearer the roundabout before passing.
I know the road well (3 miles from me) the cyclist would have had to wait 30s or a minute at most until the roundabout. Thereafter the traffic would be freeflowing at 30-40mph whichever route he took.
Incidentally the road width there can be irritating to drivers as it is too narrow to overtake cyclist when there is oncoming traffic. So at rush hour cars can be down to 15mph - 18mph for miles at a time behind a bike. The usual speed is 30-45mph at peak times. I used to use that rouad on a (non cycling) commute as it was free flowing. I have seen 40 or 50 cars behind one cyclist for miles.
From the drivers verbals I suspect he is a local who has been held up on several occasions by cyclists and didn't want the cyclist to get through the roundabout before him as this could mean another mile or two at cycling speed.
All of which does not excuse his behaviour in the least.