dynodonn 

I couldn't see myself doing any lane splitting in my area of Allister's style, my luck, some good 'ol boy would open up his door to spit out some chew.

Allister

Check your sarcasm detector, Pete. I think it may be malfunctioing.

I was referring to Helmet Head there, and from what I've seen, lack of experience has never prevented him from commenting at length on a subject.

Are you still commuting on that Actionbent? How's it going?

LOL. Yeah, that is a risk, but in all the time I've been doing it, I've only ever had one yahoo try to open a door on me. The idiot messed up his timing though, and I had plenty of time to simply ride around it.

Allister

Here's another clip I shot this morning. I was following another rider that was lanesplitting. I almost never see anyone else doing this on my route, so it was kind of refreshing to see one today, especially one that kept up a reasonable speed.

Seeing an actual rider doing it gives a better perspective on how much room there is, and as you can see from his fairly relaxed riding style that it's really not all that scary.

sauerwald

I usually do not split lanes on my commute, waiting behind the last car in line at lights, however last week I was out on a ride and came to a place where there was a long backup because of a large number of cars wanting to make a left turn, and a short LTOL (2 lane rd). Traffic had backed up for a little over 1/2 mile behind the light. I was proceeding straight through the intersection.

I posted a crash report on the other side of A&S, but briefly, I was moving forward on the very wide shoulder to the right of the stopped cars, there was a small intersection and the line of cars had opened up a gap to allow a driver to merge in from my right. As I approached the intersection, I slowed (from the 12mph that I had been going), and since none of the cars were moving at all, the driver of the merging car waved me across in front of her - and I proceeded across the intersection, at which point a car coming from the opposite direction made a left turn through the gap between the cars to my left. I made a left turn to evade the left turning car, and sideswiped him. He did not stop.

Going back over the scene in my head, obviously I should have looked left before entering the intersection, my lack of attention there was a contributing factor, but I also ask myself if I should have been moving forward to the LEFT of the stopped cars, rather than in the wide shoulder to their right.

noisebeam

For a short moment near the begining there was a third rider splitting.
Later you pass some motorcycles/scooters - do drivers of them ever split?
At 2:20 there was a fourth cyclist riding far left. Looked like no space for them. I wonder if they hopped on your splitting line.

Al

LittleBigMan

Bekologist,

Your posts are definitely not, "dolphin safe."

LittleBigMan

(sorry...it was genuinely funny...)

Allister, I have resolved my next recumbent will be a Bachetta, probably the Cafe.

Man, those vids are something wild.

H.H.--man, it's ok. Go ride your bike until you burn, then enjoy the best beverage your money can buy.

Allister

He'd come out of a side street on the left and was heading for the footpath on the right. The majority of riders seem to use that path. It's not too bad as far as footpaths go - few peds and crossings - but I prefer the road.

Sometimes. They're usually a bit slower, but they're usually a bit wider too.

He didn't. I was tempted to say 'there's more room over here' as I passed, but who am I to tell anyone where to ride?

Allister

I probably would've been riding exactly where you were. If there's room on the kerbside, that's where I go. Wherever you were riding, gaps in stopped traffic are a big red flag, and you need to look out for cars coming from either side, and be aware that cars entering lanes from the side tend to overhang the line unitl they straighten out. I probably would've ignored the wave-through, slowed or stopped, and waved them through. Let them hit the other car

Chances are if you'd been splitting you'd have still hit the car, but maybe broadsided rather than sideswiped it. Who knows?

Don't beat yourself up over it, but do learn from it.

sbhikes

Wow, Allister. That's honest-to-goodness lane splitting. Not the lane-splitting lite that's really just riding in the bike lane to the intersection. Certain members of this forum fret about that as though it was akin to what you are doing!

LittleBigMan

:rolfmao: