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@branwen
^^ Do you not realise that - even more so with inexperienced riders - it matters little what you think is safe and much more what other peoples perception is.
It might be fine for you to ride with bars a couple of centimeters apart on a club run, because you know how the other riders are going to react.
But on a public ride that would just be stupid, regardless of how experienced you are, unless that experience goes all of the way to telepathy.
You're not covering yourself, and by extension, your club in much glory here.
^ah, in your lack of experience, you're mistaking fasteddy's generosity in sharing his enlightened experience with us noobs, for patronising behaviour. I'm sure enlightenment is just a few more posts away though ...