Originally Posted by Serge *******
"The question"? What common question do you think all these threads have in common?
What's wrong with bike lanes? Fair enough.
But all this is helping me evolve my thinking about bike lanes and vehicular cycling, and how I present it. I'll tell you one thing, even a few weeks ago Diane and Gene were not preaching the virtues of VC the way they are now (whether they recognize that's what they're doing or not)...
So far, I think the "separatist thinking" concept gets at the core of the bike lane problem better than my other attempts.
Uh, I disagree with that statement... when I first started posting, I told you I was a VC rider... then you went through the drill of testing my knowledge, and making me prove what a WOL was and various other Serge "tests." At that time I will admit I did not have the strict knowledge of MUTCD and all of CVC et. al.
Long ago I told you that I would not have this many miles on my legs without being a VC rider... and I would challange you to find any long time rider who did not learn "VC" the hard way... just as Forester mentions. It is a way of life.
My "constant objections" are not to VC riding, but to "EC evangalism" and to the removal of bike lanes...