My wife and I are shipping our tandem bike to Austin and plan to ride from Austin to Shiner then on to Cuero and Victoria then back to Austin. My sister, that lives in Cuero is worried that we will be hit by a car because the roads are narrow, there is a lack of shoulders and "traffic here in Texas does not look out for bikes like they do there."(we live in the California Bay Area) I read this forum and have pulled up numerous "Mapmyride" maps on rides in the same area we plan to ride indicating a fair amount of cycling in this area. I guess I am asking whether the experienced cyclists in Texas feel this planned ride is an unsafe choice. I must point out, my sister is not a cyclist.