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12-13-22, 09:28 AM

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Paul Barnard

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Originally Posted by Iride01

Did I say that? I don't think so. If you think that is what I'm doing then you are imagining that I eschew all bike lanes, MUPs and shoulders. Although so far I haven't found a shoulder that I'd ride.

I ride a MUP quite a bit. And there are some cycling lanes here that I do ride on the rare times I go that route. And a favored route involves 30 some miles of various two lane roads with no shoulders whatsoever.

I just take exception to those that think we must never ride in a traffic lane and must use shoulders every time they are available or else we are stupid for not doing so.

You do eschew all shoulders. Others eschew all or some of the ones I mentioned just because some of them suck. Cyclist can be very dogmatic: "I wouldn't be in the shoulder unless state law required me to be in the shoulder."

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