<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 8/17/2007 8:22:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, serge@issakov.org writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Are you sure? A 2' wide cyclist must have his tire track 1' to the<BR>
right of a bike lane stripe to be fully within a bike lane. In a<BR>
standard 4' wide bike lane, that means his right side is about 2' from<BR>
the curb/edge/parking lane to his right.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Here is a different take:<BR>
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Most cyclists fit nicely inside 44cm wide bars. 44cm is only about 17 inches, If you assume that the cyclist is 1.5 feet wide and are riding with their left shoulder near the line, that leaves 3.25feet from the TIRE to the edge of the road. <BR>
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Certainly that is plenty for someone who is carefully riding at 25mph or more, paying attention to what is ahead, etc.<BR>
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I find it ironic that you would find having two feet to your right a concern when in the past you have stated that you are comfortable riding in a close pace line which means you are following someone more closely than 2 feet. At 25mph in a paceline 2 feet is about 1/20th of a second, well beyond the reaction time of even the fast human, so one is a sitting duck.<BR>
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