Dear Miss Spoke: I'm an avid bike commuter and tend to be faster than other folks on the path. If I have one slow biker passing an even slower biker ahead of me on the path, is it OK to "thread the needle" between them? I would make sure not to startle them by signaling my intentions in any way.
-Impatient in Illinois
P.S. - my momentum is very important to me
Dear Impatient: I see where you're coming from with the momentum, but let me ask you this - is your momentum more important to you than your current facial features, or a full set of teeth? Even if your answer to this question is yes, most likely your fellow bikers would disagree. Your momentum is really not worth much to them at all. So, even if you manage not to cause a gnarly crash, you might still end up losing those teeth. The next time you find yourself in that situation, I'd suggest that you take a deep breath and slow down for a moment until the coast is clear. Feel free to mutter something under your breath as you go by if it makes you feel better (after all, you know you can outrun them).
-Miss Spoke
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