Sort of a tangent, but when I ride I technically fall into the “strong & fearless” group, but don’t feel like it.
I’d much prefer protected bike infrastructure, but for a variety of reasons it’s often unavailable. In those cases, at least in an urban setting, I generally prefer to ride in the lane with cars over using an unprotected bike lane. To me this is obvious:
in the lane the cars will definitely see you
if you ride far enough into the lane cars can’t pass you by “squeezing by”, getting dangerously close
less likely to put yourself in precarious situations at intersections
Unprotected bike lanes seem like the worse possible option, and find it strange that anyone falls into the “enthused & confident” category.
Sort of a tangent, but when I ride I technically fall into the “strong & fearless” group, but don’t feel like it.
I’d much prefer protected bike infrastructure, but for a variety of reasons it’s often unavailable. In those cases, at least in an urban setting, I generally prefer to ride in the lane with cars over using an unprotected bike lane. To me this is obvious:
in the lane the cars will definitely see you
if you ride far enough into the lane cars can’t pass you by “squeezing by”, getting dangerously close
less likely to put yourself in precarious situations at intersections
Unprotected bike lanes seem like the worse possible option, and find it strange that anyone falls into the “enthused & confident” category.
Hm yeah, I feel the same way. Good point.