Not at all. I wasn't ever holding anyone up in those three lanes. They could have easily signalled and gotten into one of the two other lanes and passed me, and in fact they all did except that one guy. That's how it always is. One person is mad at you and snarls, and the others are fine. If everyone is as mad as that guy, well, that's the risk we take. we know the risks. I mean people go rock climbing and sky diving, and I like them, am not under the impression that I'm invulnerable to getting hurt. The difference is if I get hurt it's as a result of someone else's negligence or short tempered ignorance. But it's a risk I'm willing to take, you know? I'm sure most people on this forum understand what I mean, since we're all commuters. The benefits outweigh the potential negetive side.

Very difficult for me to understand what you're suggsting we do here, Łem. I have no other options. We have no other options. In my city there aren't even sidewalks, and cross walks are extremely rare. there're 1, 2, or 3 lanes and a curb, beyond which is grass and parking lots and rubble and weeds and crap. It's totally fine to ride in the rut where the passenger tire would be as you well know. I was never holding up traffic on that three lane road, and I resent your strange hostility toward us commuters...I frankly don't understand it! We're a little community here of people who bike to work and around town, asking and offering support of one another... I'm certainly not riding in a manner better suited to give me material to brag about on this forum, in fact this is my first post... so yes, thanks again for all of the helpful comments everyone, I wish the discussion wasn't diverted by a sort of cowardly hostility unique to internet forums...