streets ride in- it was fine but in the winter I'm pretty obligated to take the whole right lane down Brighton Ave and Commonwealth Ave because the snow has still effectively narrowed the streets to make it impossible to share the lane with a car or to use the bike lane on Comm Ave.

It's fine but today there were so many double parked cars, trucks and construction areas that I kept having to switch over into the left lane with all the traffic.

Then this guy on a fixie (no brakes, cell phone in hand) blows the red light next to me and proceeds down Comm Ave riding the broken white line between lanes. As I catch up to him before the next light I'm about 25' behind him and realize now we are effectively slowing traffic to our speed. I'm in the center of the right lane and he's roughly on the white line and, for some reason, no one dares pass us. Fortunately, at the next light I stop and he goes on but it's a riding style that may work when you're the only cyclist on the road or every other cyclist chooses to ride the line at your same speed but it was screwing me up. Especially since even if you outpace a rider like this unless you run every light they're going to keep on passing you.

I did admire his skill but it was not one I wanted to adopt.

The way home was a completely other ball of wax. Took the bike path home and it was great for most of it until I got to Brighton when it was slick wet ice for many sections. But it was fun.