Originally Posted by
Lecrae
Ours around central illinois sucks. There may be one or two bike lanes, but other than that, the roads are too cracked/messed up to ride fast on, or there's no shoulder. It could be worse, but it's still not friendly at all.
Same problem here. Even car drivers have been complaining to the city council for a long time about the road conditions, and they're worse on the shoulders. I used to run 26in x 1.95 tires with a kevlar liner, and I'd still get pinch flats just from running over so many cracks in the road. Not looking forward to trying that with a 700c.