Originally Posted by Six jours

I hear a lot from VCers about how "taking the lane" prevents close passes -- but then, someone on this forum posted helmetcam footage of himself taking the lane, which showed people making close passes (swerving halfway into the other lane and still squeezing by the cyclist with little distance to spare) in addition to angrily cutting back into the lane in front of the obstructing cyclist and making rude comments as they passed.

Which seems, to little old wine drinker me, like a pretty obvious outcome to riding around obstructing traffic.