Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
All those risky conditions can exist on many roads, but they do not appear to be the case where the cyclist was riding. The video poster states that the shoulder is only 8-10 inches wide; must be the optics of the camera lens or my monitor but the shoulder pictured looked far wider than that and also appeared free of obvious hazards.
I'm confused why you quoted me. So essentially you agree with me that the traffic lane is the proper place to ride? At least in the instance of the video you mentioned.
However I wasn't specifically talking about the video at all. Most any place I ride, I find the traffic lanes preferable to the shoulders. Even when the shoulders are wide. Will I ever find a place that I might ride the shoulder. Maybe, but not for the places I ride around here. My mention for
bbbean in the part you quoted me on I thought would be understood to have been his comments in the last post he made. I guess I should have been a little more verbose.