I do the bulk 80% of my bicycle riding on taxpayer funded greenways. The other 20 percent is on rural roads in my township. I do some riding on the road for two reasons. The first is I live in a very hilly area and I need to work on my hill pulling abilities. The second is because it’s convenient.
When I ride on the road I stay as far to the right as possible, I wear easy to see clothes, I maintain a situational awareness and I stay out of everyone’s way. Still, I’m somewhat concerned that most drivers are playing chicken with me so I usually ride early in the morning.
I’m not a liberal far from it but me and spandex are not total strangers. What I really don’t like are jerseys that have a bunch of advertising on them. It is true that the bicycling world is flooded with libs but not everyone.
One of the reasons why I have never weighed over 150 pounds is because I ride a bike. My sister taught me how to ride a bike when I was 5 years old and I have been riding since. I was the kid in 8th grade that was always taking about bikes.
Mr mm does his bike riding early in the morning for the same reason.
But we live way out in the country and so city drivers are not an issue.
Deer might be more of a problem.
He also sticks to wide roads with good shoulders.