A little trickier this time. This is a two-lane local street that's 40' wide, back-to-back, with no parking allowed. Oh, and just over the rise? It narrows to 14' (the whole road, not just the lane) for about 100', and then widens to 20' for another 75', before ending at a T intersection.
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What is this, a math quiz?
At least the boulevards where I ride conveniently have joints running parallel to the road direction, as a convenient reference, so I don't have to slow my ride while I dig out a calculator.
I voted for 2-3 feet from the edge, but there was no option for going to the centre of the lane in the narrow section, which is what I would do.
Rantwick said...
"I voted for 2-3 feet from the edge, but there was no option for going to the centre of the lane in the narrow section, which is what I would do."
Well, on that 14' wide, 2-lane section, 3' out would damn near be the centre of the lane.
I voted other. It really depends on the traffic situation.
If I am understanding the measurements, my lane goes from 20' to 7' to 10' or more like 19' to 6' to 9' as the right foot or so is likely to be gutter pan or whatever you call that schmutz covered concrete lip.
If there is NO traffic I would imagine that I would follow a line that would put me close to the right wheel track of the "left" lane. I would likely move left somewhat as the lane narrows and then back to the right slightly as it widens again so that I would be closer to the center of the lane than the right.
If there was other traffic I would ride between the left wheel track and center of the "right" lane at the wide point, adjusting my speed so that I could let passing cars by and time a nice move into the middle of the "left" side of the lane reasonably well before it narrows. I would probably own this position until the intersection.
Hey, anybody that wants to go ride in the country, send them down Westport, and then Dallas won't seem so bad! In my book, country roads are sometimes overrated.
Waco, you clearly get my point. Segregationists seem to think that vehicular cycling means adhering to some rigid lane placement (where would they get that idea? Oh yeah... that IS their idea!), when in reality, it's adaptive to the situation at hand. The constant is confident assertiveness as opposed to fearful passivity.
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