To think cyclists don't need to be on the pavement

[Rosecatter]

Everyone is entitled to go out and exercise, obviously, and I understand that, at times, the roads are dangerous but there's hardly any traffic at the moment. I'm sick of having to leap out of the way for cyclists on the pavement, or then just whizzing past from behind me, and certainly not 2 metres away.
Get on the road.

Sleep. If you came up behind me whilst walking on a pavement ringing your bell for me to move you would get short shrift im afraid bloody cheek

I refuse to get out of the way of cyclists on the pavement. Ever. If you're not confident on the roads then walk.

I cycle to work normally. There's one place I go briefly on the pavement, I don't get off my bike, but I don't peddle, just scoot along at a walking pace even though I have never seen a pedestrian at that time. Cross the dangerously busy road and I'm straight back on the road again. Is that a problem? I do it rather than have to make a left turn onto the busy road and then immediately turn right back off it. People drive like maniacs down it!

Yanbu. Especially now with quieter roads and social distancing. Some people are entitled dicks though, then become entitled cyclist dicks when they ride.

I've come face to face with one such dick. Cycling on pavement, full lycra so obviously invested in it and likely being a dick often. Almost barrelled into my pram, not looking as he came around the corner. Thankfully it was empty as said baby was still in my belly and i was using the pram to transport food. I almost knocked it over jerking so much in panic, had my baby been in it they would have been buffeted at best and fallen out at worse. I saw him named and shamed on our local social media sites later.

I get why people don't want to cycle on the road - where I live that would be really dangerous, but that doesn't make it okay. That just means you need to campaign for better cycle paths.

If you get a petition up I'll sign it, but don't ring your bell to tell me to get out of your way on a pavement.