actually, sux, john forester is fine with the use of road shoulders by competent vehicular cyclists.
competent vehicular cyclists can both share the road and use the shoulders of roads and not be in violation of vehicular cycling technique.
i think you need more background on the ludicrous nature of reed bates dogmatism. go to his blog.
a simple look at his blog posts from 2009 is ample grounds to eject this guy from the cycling community, he is a reckless outlier endangering cyclists rights.