Originally Posted by genec

Because it is an issue of vehicular cycling... vice sidewalk cycling.

For vehicular cycling to work and be accepted, it must be accepted by not only motorists but other cyclists.

One of the things that is often mentioned by VCs is that motorists will tend to be more accepting of the vehicular way when the cyclists they see are all riding in that form. So what happens when just the opposite occurs, such as in my area, where the majority of cyclists that motorists see are curb huggers or sidewalk riders... the VC rider stands alone. This is not to say I am the only vehicular cyclist in the area... not by any means, but I am a minority in this area.

The conditions are such that the right tire track is the best place to ride... the lanes are wide, but lined with parked cars... so to stay of the door zone (which runs for miles) I ride the right tire track... sometimes on my fast bike, sometimes loaded down on my commuter. I get more than my fair share of harassment (as evidenced by my rants here on BF) from motorists that expect cyclists to ride on the sidewalk... as many cyclists here do. I am restricted to using the main roads... as they are the only ones that cross from mesa to mesa (side streets dead end in canyons) so to go anywhere... I must ride the right tire track on the main roads which apparently motorists "dislike."