Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
And there is a tiny minority of bicyclists who actually believe that incessant posturing and sloganeering forms an impervious shield about them when cycling in real traffic, just like in the pleasant drawings/diagrams in their well thumbed books and pamphlets.
And how, pray tell, would you ride in a lane too narrow to share... such as the typical older (thus narrow) urban street lined with parked cars. Bear in mind that the illustration shows an empty lane running parallel that any other traffic could use. No sidewalks are shown, no shoulder is shown... so these alternatives may not be available. Alternative streets may also not be available (a situation that readily exists in my 1950s neighborhood, which is surrounded by canyons)
Please tell us your magic sir. How do you ride such streets?