Originally Posted by Bekologist

"gutter design?" "Debris field?"



....... a lot of hyperbole about bike lanes.

not sure this riding style is going to inculcate motorists to bicycling, regardless of the allowances of state laws. only a half dozen states have mandatory bikelane laws, but this type of riding would generally be considered discourteous in all. Education about riding double file will help (many states allow double file riding) but there is strong, widespread public pushback against double paceline riding (and double paceline riding begat florida's mandatory bikelane law, remember)
Changing public perception about bicycle traffic doesn't come at the tail end of a double paceline. Florida's no picnic for bicyclists (the most hazardous state for bicyclists); its too bad riders feel they have to mass up for safety.

I don't know that I have an answer to changing public perception about slowly moving traffic riding doubled up. However, I will suggest

1)the riding style at keri's blog would remain generally illegal in Florida unless there is a reasonable reason to avoid the BL;
2) riding clubs preemptively avoiding bikelanes as pictured will continue to solicit motorists ire;
3)changing public perception in a state with a mandatory bikelane law won't improve when both lines of a double paceline avoid an otherwise safe to ride in bikelane; and
4) it appears some riding groups polarize and politicize their riding to the detriment to public perception of the rest of the bicyclists.