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i very regularly ride on roads with a generous 3-4' bike lanes (which are actually just hard shoulders with a bike painted on them...) and I've never had problems avoiding or passing oncoming runners, and i encounter probably a minimum of a dozen per ride. i didn't know this was a problem for people. its so easy to see someone on foot ahead of you, check for traffic, and time your pass.
if you don't feel safe riding on bike paths, MUPs or the like, you should avoid them. same goes for any circumstance where you may have to divert from the hard shoulder or bike line to take the travel lane. if ya can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen, ya know?
and atmo even if you have the right of the way over the runners its a pretty dick move to buzz them or shout some aggro BS at them. thats lame. thats the kind of crap that makes people loathe "cyclists"
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