[norton]

Way back when I commuted the San Diego Fwy by bike, and before helmets were mandatory in CA, no one but police and Highway Patrol split lanes unless traffic had come to a stop.

Gradually, other bikers began to follow them or just follow suit.

I don't know if they made it legal just so the law could continue to do it or if some other factor came into play.

Today's riders, and their bikes, are a whole new mind set and I avoid them like a bad cough. But, even so, they're less obnoxious than a herd of spandex clad pedal pushers convinced that they get extra privileges because they're good for the environment.

[Salamander]

Imagine our surprise when we topped the mountain at the zero-visibility bend [”Dead Man’s Curve”] to find an entire -pack- of Spandexers _moseying along right in the middle of the actual road_.

If we’d been on two-wheelers or a heavy vehicle, we’d have died trying to avoid killing them all.

Thank God for Wilwood brakes.

[Cronos]

again true — though I like my bicycle, you’re right that many times bicycle riders are horrendously obnoxious.