belfast-biker

There's definitely a time and a place for it, illegal as it may be. On hills I'm slow. At turning right major junctions, I hold up traffic if it's on a hill. There's one junction like this on my way home, and I imply get onto the footpath, cross at the lights, go up the tunnel. and get onto the road again at the next set of lights. Trust me, it's MUCH safer than trying to get to the right hand lane approaching the junction, where the choice is to switch lanes late (dangerous and difficult here), or switch lanes ealrly (which can piss some drivers off). Then, if I'm on the road approaching the junction, I'm holding traffic up turning right with me. It's a bloody steep hill start. Footpath in this case is VASTLY the safer/better option. The whole junction/road ain't bike friendly.