Originally Posted by
SurferRosa
This guilt by association is a common argument that cyclists use about themselves, and I simply don't buy it. Do drivers of autos do this? I know lazy politicians do it all the time. I look to the thread title for the correct answer.
Although I agree with OP about the stupidity of the up the middle pass, I agree with you about this. Hell, I could turn that guilt by association argument into one for not bothering to ride with any consideration of others since you know people are likely to associate me with the last rude cyclist they encountered so I shouldn't show weakness.
We're definitely not ambassadors to the rest of the traffic, we'd be crazy to make decisions on that basis.