Originally Posted by oisin

this happened to me last week, but thought i would post a friendly reminder for people to take the lane if you need to! i was riding home from work and it goes under a freeway and narrows, and the road on the right is really chewed up and hard to ride on, so I moved over into the lane but not all the way into the lane, and some ******* comes speeding by super close and clips me with his passenger side mirror on my left hand. didn't knock me over or anything but man was I pissed. Rode like a bat out of hell, caught up with him after about 6 stoplights and knocked on his window. think i gave him a good scare. So just take the lane. who cares if someone honks at you. Better than getting knocked into by a car.

Today's commute was a bit slow, not sure why--maybe because I had my clothes in a messenger bag instead of a backpack and didn't feel as steady.