Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
Having lived in Lancaster and Ridgecrest.................Sierra Highway, which runs along the railroad tracks parallel, is 2-lane blacktop, and is paved the whole way. There's a grid of surface streets more or less the whole way that you'd probably want to take. Most of them turn to dirt north of Rosamond, which means sand and washboards.
I don't recall any of these roads having bike lanes. Shoulders are deep and gravely. It looks like Sierra Highway has a fog line south of Rosamond, but not north. Traffic will be usually thin on the surface streets because they parallel a freeway, but anyone on them will be going 60-70 mph............
I, too, am from Ridgecrest and have traveled on the Sierra Highway for decades. I'd recommend using it for your commute but it's been at least 15 years since I was in that area.
Darth, when did you live in Ridgecrest**********