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I didn't say it's anti-social to bike commute.  I said it's anti-social to be "that guy" who bikes down River Road at rush hour.  I love bike commuting, did it for years (on bike lanes and lesser-trafficked surface streets.)  It's anti-social to bike down the middle of a fast-moving artery with no bike lane at rush hour. And it does not help the cause of building up a biking culture one single bit, because either annoys the drivers or makes bike commuting look like something only maniacs do.  [/quote]

What again is the alternative route?   I am assuming this is River Road north of Goldsboro.[/quote]

I dunno, but if there were truly no safe and appropriate route, I just wouldn't bike commute.  If you chose instead to be unsafe/inappropriate, then that's on you.  [/quote]

It's not unsafe. And it's only inappropriate if [b]you start with the assumption that people shouldn't bike on roads with lots of cars during rush hour[/b].[/quote]

That's a pretty fair assumption that I think everyone  (including lots of bikers) except an extreme minority shares:  you shouldn't bike on roads with no bike infrastructure with lots of cars during rush hour.  [/quote]

Why shouldn't you? Because it's unsafe? But it isn't unsafe, if you know what you're doing. Because it's inconsiderate? Now you're begging the question. It's inappropriate because it's inconsiderate; it's inconsiderate because it's inappropriate.

The idea here is that people on bicycles shouldn't delay people in cars, because people in cars are more important. That trips in cars are more important than trips on bikes. But they're not.[/quote]

Biking commuters contribute to traffic congestion due to their slow speed.[/quote]

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