#vehicularcycling

[urbanadventureleague]

Too good not to share. 

Credit where credit is due: John Greenfield on the Chainlink.

[hiezenburg]

Take The Lane

Recently I have been claming the entire right side lane of some two lane roads. Personally I think it's alot safer to have motorists switch lanes to pass rather then squeezing next to you on a narrow road. This technique of cycling is also known as Vehicular Cyling, a phrase coined by John Forester in the 1970's to characterize the style of cycling utilized in his native country, the UK, in contrast to the deferential-to-cars style of cycling and practices that he found to be typical in the US. Some people may not be acustomed to driving a particular vehicle and may underestimate how wide their vehicle is resulting in collisions with cyclists. To prevent such an incident from occuring I feel it is therfore wise to bike near the center of the right side lane and force vehicles to switch lanes to pass. This style of cycling may piss some motorists off and it is never a good idea to intentionally provoke a motorist but we as cyclists have to do what we have to do to protect ourselves.