I think the reason it’s done on an exercise bike is to be able to do it in a controlled and safe environment. The purpose is to teach the drivers, not potentially run them over.
If you cycle regularly though, you’re probably more prepared to deal with the push and pulls from the air of a large vehicle passing (which they can still surely feel, even if they don’t have to deal with maintaining their balance) and better at maintaining your line. Someone who just never cycles would probably have a lot harder time dealing with both of those so the bus would need to pass further away to make it equivalent, but then you wouldn’t really get that effect of having a wall right next to them. Either way is missing part of the experience.
Especially if the bus driver has also been through that part of the training.
I do not get what you mean, the bus rider is on the stationary bicycle? Or you mean the person driving the bus? The training is only to help the bus driver as a bicyclist understand the bicyclist experience of having the bus hug them. Not *the error possibilty the bus driver on the bicycle could make. The person driving the bus is getting NO benefit, because *even the most experienced bicyclist are not as perfect (including straight) as a stationary bicycle cyclist. That is one of the reasons why we in Fl. have the 3-ft. space/bubble for cyclist at all times.
Without the cyclist moving I will never trust the experiences/?training? that both the bicycling bus driver & the bus driver.Again, I trust that no one would ever get hurt, it is *unrealistic threat of injury getting in the way.
*- If it was realistic, then I would maybe not be here right now.
I think the reason it’s done on an exercise bike is to be able to do it in a controlled and safe environment. The purpose is to teach the drivers, not potentially run them over.
Not realistic enough though. Trust me, how they supposed understand the riders’ difficultly if they are on a stationed bicycle.
Dangerous, really, you know how many times that has happened to me & never hit.
If you cycle regularly though, you’re probably more prepared to deal with the push and pulls from the air of a large vehicle passing (which they can still surely feel, even if they don’t have to deal with maintaining their balance) and better at maintaining your line. Someone who just never cycles would probably have a lot harder time dealing with both of those so the bus would need to pass further away to make it equivalent, but then you wouldn’t really get that effect of having a wall right next to them. Either way is missing part of the experience.
Especially if the bus driver has also been through that part of the training. Either we trust the training to be effective or we don’t.
I do not get what you mean, the bus rider is on the stationary bicycle? Or you mean the person driving the bus? The training is only to help the bus driver as a bicyclist understand the bicyclist experience of having the bus hug them. Not *the error possibilty the bus driver on the bicycle could make. The person driving the bus is getting NO benefit, because *even the most experienced bicyclist are not as perfect (including straight) as a stationary bicycle cyclist. That is one of the reasons why we in Fl. have the 3-ft. space/bubble for cyclist at all times.
Without the cyclist moving I will never trust the experiences/?training? that both the bicycling bus driver & the bus driver.Again, I trust that no one would ever get hurt, it is *unrealistic threat of injury getting in the way.
*- If it was realistic, then I would maybe not be here right now.
I misunderstood what you meant.
I am sorry that happen, but thank you for being better than most here I exchange with & admit it.