Originally Posted by
buzzman
a statement that people "more or less agree" with or that requires caveats like "not...that there aren't some you'd choose to avoid" hardly builds my confidence in the statement as the kind of truism I see it used as in these forums.
The point is that not everyone will want to jump right into merging across busy multi-lane roads (for example) on their first day out. But as experience grows, it becomes less daunting. No lane is out of bounds to bikes, but it may take a while to get there.
Whether it's a 'truism' or not is something I care not to debate, as I don't care either way.