Originally Posted by Helmet Head
What percentage of cyclists do you think practice the following relatively consistently:
- destination positioning at intersections
- speed positioning between intersections, including vehicular use of bike lanes, but generally only when faster same-direction traffic is present.
- using the full lane, when safe and appropriate, including when the lane is not wide enough to be safely shared side by side with cars, whenever traveling the same speed as traffic, whenever traveling faster than 30 mph, when preparing for a left turn, when approaching an intersection and not turning, etc.
- negotiating for right-of-way with other vehicle drivers, to create a gap to merge left, rather than waiting for one to appear.
What does any of this have to do with what I wrote? These techniques have been used since long before someone decided to make a name for himself by borrowing them, packaging and branding them under the term 'Vehicular Cyclist'. If I wrote a book outlining a method of riding called 'No-brainer bicycling' and outlined those same techniques, you and others would scream bloody murder that I have plagerized VC. It's the riding that counts, HH, not the brand you want to slap on it.
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