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Jul 2013
10:48am, 18 Jul 2013
7,830 posts
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JamieKai *chameleon*
*shared path*
If it was a cycle path, I wouldn't run in it...
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Jul 2013
10:52am, 18 Jul 2013
14,165 posts
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Steady Edina
I hate it when pedestrians stand and have a chat on the cycle bit of the shared path. get the f*ck out of my way
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Jul 2013
11:02am, 18 Jul 2013
4,611 posts
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Wriggling Snake
The bloddy queen delaying the cricket
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Jul 2013
11:08am, 18 Jul 2013
7,014 posts
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Oysterboy
Yes it's shared. Runners, cyclists and dog walkers mostly 
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Jul 2013
1:21pm, 18 Jul 2013
700 posts
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Winded
Does a shared path has a walking bit and a cycling bit? I thought "shared" meant the ones where there is no line separating pedestrians & cyclists.
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Jul 2013
1:28pm, 18 Jul 2013
3,469 posts
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Duchess
Some are marked, some aren't. I mostly stay in the centre but expect to go left when someone's coming the other way, or a faster runner or cyclist is coming up behind.
Can i grizzle about cyclists who use the road when there's a perfectly good segregated cycle path? You complain there aren't enough cycle paths and then you dont' use the ones you have. Why???
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Jul 2013
1:28pm, 18 Jul 2013
14,171 posts
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Steady Edina
Probably winded but there are some paths in Manchester where one side is designated for pedestrians and one side for cyclists
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Jul 2013
1:44pm, 18 Jul 2013
7,016 posts
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Oysterboy
The one I am talking about has no markings at all.
It's quite a busy path with lots of bikes and it's annoying having to move out for runners who are on the wrong side of the road as you need to then also make sure you don't get wiped out by a bike coming from behind.
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Jul 2013
1:47pm, 18 Jul 2013
702 posts
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Winded
Why Duchess? Mostly because instead of spending money on an actual good cycle path the council try to hit their target of however many kilometres by putting up a sign saying that the footpath is now dual use.
Most of these adapted footpaths are safe at up to around 10mph, some are unsafe at less than that. I try to use the cycle path where I can but for a cyclist doing 20mph or more many of the dual use ones are dangerous and not fit for purpose.
Also if I see that someone is coming on another bike or with a pushchair and we will meet on a section of path that is only wide enough for one bike I might take to the road. In one place on my commute cyclists commonly leave the path so that they have right of way at a junction, just as any other vehicle travelling along the road has right of way at the junction but for some reason cycle paths don't - I mostly don't do this and stat in the path.
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Jul 2013
2:04pm, 18 Jul 2013
3,736 posts
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paul the builder
OB - you have to move out to overtake a runner either way, though? I agree with you (I think) and would run on the left, anyway.
Cyclists seem happy to be promiscuous about which side they stick to on the shared unmarked path I frequently use. So I find myself having to move to the middle to allow them through so they can stick to the RHS they're enjoying for some reason! *Bloody cyclists*
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