hubcyclist

I don't disagree, certainly when I'm on the path I pass as widely left as I can. When I go on the Minuteman, I go with the expectation of going more slowly than on the road and, as I said, I always slow down behind a slow user as opposed going on the center line if there is someone else coming toward me, I don't want to scare anyone with close passing and certainly don't want to make anyone crash.

UniChris summed it up very nicely, and appreciate that, the conundrum being that there is a segment of users who are told where they are is the wrong place to ride. I got flipped off in Lexington on Mass Ave because I was on the road, with the driver telling me to get on the bike trail (this was on a busy weekend day), but riding at the pace of my particular workout would have been impossible on the bike path (constant slowing is not really a productive workout). So that's what I was referring to as a conundrum where motorists don't want cyclists on the road and MUPs aren't a great place if someone really wants to get a workout. Obviously the roads are more than wide open and motorists aren't always yelling at cyclists to get off the roads, but the sentiment is out there.