Originally Posted by
GamblerGORD53
I've never seen anybody ride not on the shoulder for no reason.
Some here have stated that the shoulder is covered with debris.
My last highway ride I was getting mobbed by mosquitos. So I started crossing the rumble strip to get away from the grass every break in the traffic, which was strangely light. Also that day there were hundreds of screws form a saboteur it seemed. The faster I go the better for crossing the rumble I find. Dangerous ??? Not much, if any. I had whole days on my VN/CH tour with mud slime shoulders. SMP tires bested that too.
I never tour or commute on high performance or skinny tires any more. I leave those tires for recreational riding. I have done the same as you crossing the rumble strips often to avoid sporadic traffic. Fixing a puncture now and then is far preferable than hassling with cops or causing some innocent motorist (and myself) even more risk on the highway if I can get/stay out of the way. I would not enjoy causing a traffic pile-up either.
Cycling is a means of transport where a sense of entitlement will get you killed even if you are in the right. She was going to work to make a living.
"Dying ain't much of a living" -Outlaw Josey Wales
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