Looking for a little advice here. I ride a roadbike and today I want to go to the parents house after work. It's about 10 miles from my place, and about equal distance from work. Anyway, I always try to take back roads and avoid traffic even if it means biking a few extra miles (figure it's a better workout anyway!). But to get to my parent's, I have to go along a fairly busy road. It's a 2 lane road, but it's always got loads of traffic, and people going 40.

Since I really want to get to the parent's house around 5 30 or so, it's going to be very crowded. It has a sidewalk, but if I'm remembering right, the sidewalk is one of those "really old/beatup/cracking" sidewalks. Should I just ride on the right side of the lane and make people wait for me? There probably won't be room for them to pass me.