Originally Posted by
robow
Something that needs mentioning if you are going to tour with a trike. I have two friends that have gone to this mode because of health issues and they have to be very knowledgeable where they will be riding. As more and more of the states are adding
rumble strips to their state highways and even county roads, it's almost impossible for my friends to avoid those rumble strips without actually riding well inside the lane as they have 3 distinct wheel paths to be concerned with (not to mention my friend below that uses a trailer and has
5 distinct wheel paths
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It is not just trikes that have that problem, the ACA group tour I was on had two people with Bike Fridays with the suitcase trailer, three tracks.
Even us solo bike riders can have a problem. The left and center part of the shoulder here was solid rumble strip, only a few inches of the right side of the shoulder was not rumble strip. With the gusty side winds, it was impossible to stay in that 8 inch wide bit of the shoulder to the right of the rumble strip for long. And that rumble strip was so nasty that I thought my teeth would fall out. With that much vibration I could not see in my rear view mirror mounted on my helmet either. And the traffic in the traffic lane could not give me much room if I was in the traffic lane because of their barrier on their left, and I was in the traffic lane most of the time.
I would ride for about a minute and a half, then pull over an let the long line of cars behind me pass, then I would pull back into the traffic lane and ride for another minute and a half or so, repeat, ...