-=> Quoting Bill Piehler to Richard Glazer <=-
 RG>you want that extra juice the riders will put their heads
 RG>down. But when they are riding regularly they do see where
 RG>they are going.
 BP> Or they might even end up the wrong street or follow the wrong
It's been known to happen, but not because of their position on the bike.
 BP> leader...:) OK that is in a race..but when on the everyday road,
 BP> it doesn't look to be a very comfortable position to be in and
 BP> have a ready finger on the brake handle....hmmmm
You get used to it.  As far as the 'ready finger on the brake handle' roadies
probably do most of their riding 'on the hoods' with several fingers drapped
over the brake levers.  You can't apply quite as much pressure from that
position, but with a flick of the wrists you are off the hoods and in the
drops and can apply full braking pressure.
What I find _really_ uncomfortable is trying to do a 100 km ride with
straight handlebars and no real possibility of changing positions on the
bike.
 BP> and look around and see what's going on....must be hard on the
 BP> neck looking up....now wonder some look pretty cranky when I
 BP> approach them from the front on the wrong side of the road...even
 BP> so I let em have the smooth side of the road, cycle lane...>>
Well, I definitely do get cranky when I come upon someone riding on the wrong
side of the road on a bicycle.  They obviously have no knowledge of the rules
of the road.  Since they don't have enough sense to ride on the right
(correct) side of the road, there is no way for me to predict what the idiot
is going to do when I find us heading toward a head on collision with them.
Riding on the wrong side of the the road is one of the leading causes of
bicycle/car and bicycle/bicycle collisions.  It is extremely dangerous.
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