Originally Posted by Slaninar

I often go to the right tyre track. Depending on the situation. Whenever there's no risk of doors opening or cars pulling in from the right, I leave room for drivers to pass me within my lane. But when it's not safe, I make sure to take the lane. I believe this is corteous to other people - me being much slower sometimes. My philosophy is that bicycle (and motorcycle) are not 4 wheeled vehicles with all the good and bad sides to that. One of the good sides for me is filtering. The good side for cagers is the fact that often when it is safe they can pass within the lane, there's enough room.