Originally Posted by
genec
OK you've danced around the question, so here it is directly... Do you ever take the lane? Is there any circumstance in which you ride so left as to consider it "taking the lane?"
Yes. There are a couple of places the lane is not wide enough for me and a car. The cars try to squeeze in it with me if I stay too far right. I stay in the R tire track most of the time, intentionally not getting r enough to give the illusion I want company. so the answer is yes, take the lane, if it is safer for everyone.