Originally Posted by
chipcom
so how do you handle exit ramps, Gene? Do you do the old exit and re-enter thing, or do you leave the white line behind and get crazy til you reach the other side?
I've done both.
hold on a sec, there chipper. you're telling us now that you HAVE ridden on shoulders of high speed roads.
good on ya.
remember, chip for the future - its illegal for a bicyclist to take the lane on an federal interstate highway.
time the crossovers, watch your 180 and you've fine. sometimes its dicey in bad viz- i was riding I-5 south to Portland in a pissy rainstorm and ground fog was limiting visibility to about 80 feet.
wetakingthelane.jpg in the lane
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wetpuzzler1.jpgand on the shoulder on an interstate.
this are from a trip to eastern washington in october, and the vis in these pictures is better than the trip to portland. I have my most sincere doubts any of the oh so proud lane takers would have been unwaveringly taking the lane on these interstates with a 50+mile per hour speed differential, low viz, and expectations of motorists that bicycles will not be in the travel lanes.
but the internet is a great place to be a superhero eh?
i have my most sincere doubts about the unwavering bluffery. as to ian and his mock feelings of outrage, i asked if it was in the USA. Please, Ian, ride 5,000 miles on tour in the USA and get back to us about the whole 'uncompromisingly taking the lane' thing.