all while pulling a canoe on a narrow two lane 55 mph state highway. is that right tire track or centered, and is moving further right when pulling a trailer even practicable? I suspect I'd be riding the same boat, so to speak. (I used to live and ride in Florida in the late 70's outside of Pensacola...) Love to see some video of that canoe hauling, i guess that's better that having to peloton up for safety and obstreperously use the entire lane of narrow state highways.

The motorists in the video i posted passed with ample clearance. There was no reasonable cause for me to be riding any further left to prevent their partial use of the other lane to pass.

That fails the reasonableness standard embodied in every state's road positioning laws save Alabama, and there it remains a commonly held courtesy of road users to do so.

It was easy to hold the first car back as i slowed and crested the hill and pulling right without having to take the entire lane to hold it until it was safe to pass with a modicum of lane use, a hand motion (l know there's doubters to this but the "Hand BACK" motion physically and unquestionably adds to a bicyclists' perceived width) I was also running a small pannier set with a slo mo triangle and a superflash, and wearing a dayglo orange hunter vest.

None of this is any guarantee to safe riding, however, and keeping a proper lookout *knock wood* is the duty of every cyclist for their own and others safety.

Only ride as far to the right as is safe as traffic conditions require at any given time.