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Originally Posted by igo
Here is some more reasons.
13. You can get away with braking rules of the road to a certain degree. I know the vehicular cycling advocates my kill me for this... Since you can see much more then being and a car and take up a lot less spaces some laws can be safely broken (like no turn on red signs).
14. Passing a line of cars in a traffic jam at rush hour. Going faster then a car always makes me smile.
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I would say just pick your roads where you pass a line of cars on the right, if the lanes are tight and you are holding up people after you passed them all then it won't be a surprise when someone does something dumb to you... You are basically asking for it.
There are courses too on riding in traffic safely, I recommend them. After you get a good idea what your doing and anticipation of what others will do, biking is good fun!
Also if you have a mtb try a set of slick tires, they work super well and you'll be amazed at how much speed you can carry in the corners. Depending on your mtb tires you can gain 3 or 4 km/h or more for a ride average.
Ian