Cycling in Waterloo Region

[jamincan]

I'm one of those speedo rural road riders and I'm not apologizing for it. We do a double pace line on slower, less busy country roads or roads with generous shoulders. On busier roads where we would be a major obstruction to traffic, we switch to a single pace line. We specifically ride in these rural areas in order to make as minimal a disruption to motorists as possible and still do our thing. I won't get into the mechanics of it, but there are very legitimate reasons to prefer riding in a double pace line; we're not doing it so that we can chit chat with out neighbour.

If we are taking an entire lane in a busier area, it is almost certainly for safety reasons.