Filtering

[Grahamm]

I am comfortable riding at my speed but was wondering if its usual to filter in that way, seems like a recipe for disaster.

He probably thinks he's a good rider. And he'll keep thinking that when someone unexpectedly swaps lanes in front of him and he ends up the meat in a car sandwich because it wasn't *his* fault they didn't look.

It won't make it hurt any less, of course...

Meanwhile you're doing exactly the right thing, ie filtering, but keeping the speed down so if something unexpected happens, you've got time to react and brake. Don't try to follow him, unless you want to follow him to hospital one day!