1) If you want to make a lane change? Who goes into the new position first? the lead person or the following rider?

2) When turning right at stop lights and the like, is it ok to take the left tire track as if you were going around the twisties on a normal road?


thanks! 

This is just my opinion here in England so i can only really answer 1) (not quite sure what you mean about 2)) but if your following a lead then they usually decide which lane your in
thats why they're leading so i would always change lanes after they had, unless i needed to for my own reasons such as overtake a car and catch up with them or avoid an obstacle.

1) The lead changes lanes fiirst. When the first rider has changed lanes and gotten back into position, the second rider changes lanes. (If there are more riders, then when the second rider has changed lanes and gotten back into position, the third rider changes lanes....etc, etc, etc...)
2) Hmmm....usually I take the right tire track when turning right. The problem I can see with the left track is that folks behind you might not believe you're going to turn right (even with a signal on) and might hit you? Perhaps someone who prefers the left tire track can chime in....

Personally I prefer to stay in the left tire track when turing right... that is for a visibility point of view (and that's also what's taught in the bike safety course).

If you hang in the right lane... a car coming up from behind you could hit you, as you could blend into the scenery on the side of the road (I know this sounds stupid... but you have to realise how stupid some cagers out there are! And the fact that they're seated on the left side of the car, you aren't in their direct line of sight).

Also, staying in the left tire track, gives you options if you need to get out of there. It gives you room to move if a car is crowding you or if it is trying to merge and doesn't see you. But if you're in the right tire track, then the only place you have to go is into the curb, and that usually ends up badly. That rule usually applies more to when you're on the move, but it still has a little effect when you're at a stop.

Just my 2 cents.

The question you ask is in the perspective that you are riding in pairs, so if you are the lead in the left tire track then you should maintain the left tire track when turning right.  Here's something that kills me: When I ride with a group, when we leave a stopsign, either turning left or right, we leave in pairs.  But, that never happens.