Originally Posted by
GhostRider62
It depends on the state and the state of the roads. OP rides on Southern NJ where the road surface is good but so are the shoulders, very good. When I am down there, I never ever ride on the road, I stay on the very wide and generally nice shoulder. One of the roads I ride often has a good shoulder for 80-90% of it. Where the shoulder is broken, very small, and filled with garbage, I stay just to the left of the fog lane observing my mirror and garmin varia. Going out into the lane with 60mph texting idiots is asking for an earlier death.
Yeah. South Jersey is better than a helluva lot of places, but there are some things you have to be conscious of. Sand is a big one in certain areas of Burlington, Atlantic and Cumberland Counties. Fortunately, if you know where to look, you can find a lot of shoulderless roads with very little traffic. I’ve led a ride in rural Cumberland County countless times. There some stretches where it’s very rare to encounter any vehicles for miles.