It doesn't really matter what you prefer. You are, in fact, supposed to share the lane for the most part. Unless you can sustain 25mph. Can you? Thought not. No one is forcing you to vehicular cycle. Most normal people do not ride bicycles in traffic. If you are going to get out their and mix it up with the big iron, however, you better get comfortable being passed at close quarters at regular intervals. Or go ahead, hog the lane, no one will kill you for doing so, but save the holier than thou when you see another cyclist run a red signal. You all love to go on about how red light runners are not being good ambassadors for vehicular cycling and then you cruise in the traffic lane at 12mph and think you are winning souls for the League of American Wheelmen... I think not.

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