Cycling Two Lane Rural Roads Dangerous Situations! Tips Bike Blogger

[@bikelanez7376]

I love watching your old videos as well as your new ones 😃👍

[@tims7225]

You have got me riding 35 to 42 miles per week ,sense watching your videos ,keep them coming.

[@Icybubba]

DANG you were speeding ;)

[@elviesriosavillan7089]

Nice ride ! Feel like going back out with my road bike .(lol) My road bike have armadillo tireds . Commuting so fun now . Durability and speed . Thanks for your videos . its great motivation. My commutes when from 50 miles into almost 80miles a week :)

[@aeolianhrp1]

I live on a very rural picturesque road in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I always swore I would never put a bike on what I considered a dangerous road. Are the risks worth it? I am close to buying a bike. Please comment. Thanks much.

[@MrFalcman]

That is a beautiful place to ride. Some of those houses are really nice.

[@moosemechanic4591]

I can't wait to get my road bike

[@azrowmix1493]

What is the clicking sound around 7:49, my bike does it too when I first start out mainly and it is annoying. Is it the cleat shifting in the pedals? I use KEO cleats. I've even thought about spraying the pedals with silicone in the morning,

[@BikeBlogger]

I think that is the cleats yes. For me the solution was just to increase the tension on the shimano pedals and switch to one directional release. But in doing so I changed the cleat so my guess is the the cleat/bolts were just dirty/worn.

[@mathewtipich2266]

What hub motor do you have?

[@mathewtipich2266]

If you have one

[@BikeBlogger]

No hub motor on this bike Mathew Tipich just my legs

[@dawnbenoit1541]

Really cool where is the camera mounted ?

[@CyclingCPA]

Thanks for the tips.

[@shadeglowactive1325]

Awesome videos as always. What tire sizes are you running BB?

[@BikeBlogger]

+ShadeGlowCycling 32mm in this video, ShadeGlowCycling. I have one bike with 25mm, one with 28mm, and two with 32mm.

[@bestofthebest3821]

dangerous? those roads are cargo traffic empty...

[@josephwallace7287]

Why are roads designed without a shoulder in most cases?

[@catgirlow]

sadly due to roads in usa being meant for cars

[@isaaccollazo2874]

Ikr my car braking in those kind of roads are my worst nightmares

[@migz3645]

what type of camera do you use and where do you mount it?

[@BikeBlogger]

+Me Gon (Migz) Gopro 3+ and I mount it on my body, head, or my bike depending on how I'm feeling that day. In this video it was on the handlebars.

[@BODYBUILDING_TRUTH]

is it legal for bikes us cyclist to drive throw drive Thurs like fast food places

[@BikeBlogger]

+Cyclist Bloger Not sure Cyclist Bloger. I would think workers might be surprised if you did though, and company policy may disallow it. Unfortunately criminals climb through those windows sometimes.

[@BODYBUILDING_TRUTH]

But we are cars aren't we I mean we are in us consider traffic in and cars

[@BODYBUILDING_TRUTH]

+BikeBlogger do you have any plans two cycle across the u.s.?

[@armanmalik-en9eb]

donno why but i like this video..

[@ataurus62]

Where was this?

[@BikeBlogger]

+Art Gardner (Artie) St. Louis in the Ladue area.

[@Patrick94GSR]

That road looks like 10 miles out of my 15 mile commute. Luckily for most of it, traffic is very little. But even where there is more traffic, I ride lane center at all times. I'm never close to the edge line. Even when people pull stupid stuff like passing with oncoming traffic, they still give me the full lane when passing. Now I did take a different route just a couple weeks ago and went on a road with slightly higher traffic volume. I stopped a couple of times on the side to let traffic pass. But for the rest of it I remained lane center, or even left of center sometimes.

[@gol510]

U didnt come to a complete Stop? & the Car could have Lurched forward suddenly . .

[@digbyodell2924]

I almost never take the road lane; trying to co-exist right? Assume almost no one driving knows the rights of cyclists and then be pleasantly surprised when they do. Otherwise one is going to be confrontational, flipping arms every which way and not having a very nice ride if constantly stewing about having their road rights impinged upon.

[@oycarrumba]

Actually, I've found it to be the opposite. I was commuting for 3 years using your preferred method (side positioning) and being pushed around by cars all the time. For the last two years I've been using the legal method (and recommended method by all resources I've ever read: city programs, DOT pamphlets, biking association content, etc.) lane positioning techniques and it's like Night & Day. I highly recommend trying it out. In all honesty, I did have one driver honk and yell out the window, but then again he did so while passing fully in the other lane, generously more than 3ft of space. A smile and a wave goes a long way :)

[@johngardner1898]

@@oycarrumba This is an interesting discussion with you, Patrick, Digby and BB. I can see both points of view. My 7.2 mile commute features 5+ miles of this roadway situation. I vary my positioning throughout the trip - when I have a wide right edge, (which BB does NOT have in this video) and higher traffic, I will take the right edge, especially to let drivers pass. When I have no edge, lower traffic, and upcoming intersections (any one of these three), I try to take the lane.

[@oycarrumba]

@@johngardner1898 That sounds like a great use of the road conditions: lane control when appropriate and execution of control&release when it's safe for you. Nice work.

[@dawnbenoit1541]

I bought a pair of video sunglasses on Amazon

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

Sounds like you have an electric hub motor on that bike.

[@adventuresofhunter]

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[@johnniettynan1156]

boring!

[@Glace1221]

You sound flaming gay but I'm not judging. Thanks for the video you brave soul.