First time of filtering/fileling

Did my first attempt/go at filtering through the traffic this morning,scary stuff!
Had no choice but to as the A45 (dual carrigeway) was not moving/slow moving and i needed to be at work for 9am as i had to open up.
Rant though: Why is the car drivers try and close up the gap ON you!!! , few times i had to stop as a car had moved right across just as i was about to pass, do people want to lose wing mirrors.

Welcome to the club

Take it easy at first and don't try and keep up with faster filterers if you don't feel comfortable. You will over time get better at predicting when car drivers are going to move into your path. Until you develop this sixth sense, go slow. If someone is being a **** and clearly intentionally blocking you, filter round to the other side of the traffic and pass that way, even if it means undertaking (so long as it's not past a turning). It's a lot safer in my experience.

No one else uses a bike down the A45 in winter or id tuck in behind them.
Sv coped so well bless her, considering it was all last speed-was a lil bit chuggy, just annoyed me.
And ive jus t noticed ive posted this in the wrong section...dohh Sorry!

Are you ready for a trip down Soho now then......!
(When its a bit warmer though!)

Originally Posted by Paws

Rant though: Why is the car drivers try and close up the gap ON you!!!

Because they don't like you getting ahead of them

I have a simple rule...

1. I have right of way... act like it and most of the time you'll get it.

I'll video my filtering one day, its fun...

I've shamelessly stolen Pigbunk's thoughts on filtering.

Originally Posted by Pigbunk

There's only two laws I don't break on my bike, physics & gravity, and it's not for want of trying either!

Generally, if there's a space big enough for the SV, that space won't be there long!

Quite demanding keeping watching EVERYTHING that you need to though. Due to recent roadworks I've got a LOT more aggressive at filtering, and when it goes right, it's great, but sooner or later when riding hard, it's not going to work out how you (or I) want

Originally Posted by minifun

Are you ready for a trip down Soho now then......!
(When its a bit warmer though!)

Only if A)im following you and B)i can keep up with you.

[northwind]

People started following me yesterday I passed 2 stuck bikes and one very slow filterer, by the time I came off the bypass there were 4 in a row... Actually bothered me a bit, I filter hard when I'm in the mood, and I'm good at it, but it's not something everyone can do, I was always worrying about the guy behind, so I slowed it down a bit. Don't like filtering in company, my gaps are big enough for me, maybe not for the next guy.

For me, the absolute best feeling in biking is hitting the front of a queue, at lights or a junction, at the exact moment that the lights change or the gap appears, and just slipping into the space. So satisfying... The first few times, it's just luck, then you start slowing your proress and timing your arrival, then one day it just flows. Lovely.

Originally Posted by northwind

People started following me yesterday I passed 2 stuck bikes and one very slow filterer, by the time I came off the bypass there were 4 in a row... Actually bothered me a bit, I filter hard when I'm in the mood, and I'm good at it, but it's not something everyone can do, I was always worrying about the guy behind, so I slowed it down a bit. Don't like filtering in company, my gaps are big enough for me, maybe not for the next guy.

For me, the absolute best feeling in biking is hitting the front of a queue, at lights or a junction, at the exact moment that the lights change or the gap appears, and just slipping into the space. So satisfying... The first few times, it's just luck, then you start slowing your proress and timing your arrival, then one day it just flows. Lovely.

Purely by an accident it happened to me yesterday. Feels good even so my pants are ready for a bin as I am bricking it all the time. Strangely enough it feels great - all the tension and concentration required to go past and between cars disappears when you reach the front row of the cages. I am looking forward to being really good at it one day