Originally Posted by desertlove
Even when the shoulder is plenty wide enough the bikers choose to ride in the middle but there are many parts where the shoulder is to narrow and they have to ride the white line or in the lane. Anyways have fun be safe
Look, I gotta call you this one. 87 is a multilane divided highway. Speed limit is 65 (maybe lower closer to Mesa and around intersections) cars regularly go 70+. I've lived here 15yrs. and driven on this stretch of road a few dozen times a year and have never once seen a cyclist in the main lane. And even if there was one I would have seen them well in advance given the long sightlines which would mean I could go into the adjacent travel lane (two lanes each way divided by a dirt median) and passed the cyclist. Anyway the shoulder is so wide you can see it in the satelite photos:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=founta...4025&t=k&hl=en
Now there are certainly other roads in the area that your concern is valid for (like route 88 into the superstion mountains, by the lakes, narrow one lane each way, no shoulder and very hilly and windy)
Al