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Old 03-22-2024, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob Ross View Post
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."
I don't know when I learned this, or if it was explicitly taught to me, but it's definitely correct.
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