03-21-2024, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Little Rock, AR
Posts: 4,339
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Ross
What I learned from my cycling club group rides -- though I wasn't necessarily "taught" this, I just learned it empirically -- was that the Open Hand stop signal indicates
"STOPPING...probably. I'm definitely slowing, and maybe I'm stopping, but I...oh, wait, the light just changed to green, never mind."
whereas the Closed Fist stop signal indicates
"I am definitely STOPPING. Complete stop, 0 mph, foot unclipped and on the ground."
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I was in a group ride coming to a stop sign and I YELLED out "I'm really stopping" and a guy ran into my rear wheel and crashed.
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Chris
Little Rock, AR
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