Thanks for providing those videos, Tom. I watched them, too.

CCbloom, I hope you don't mind me posting a question in your thread. It's about the same subject and maybe the answers will address some of your questions.

If I want to go further than 10 miles, I have to get on our busy highway. It's a 2-lane highway with smooth, wide shoulders and a large # of big logging trucks. Speed averages about 65mph. The shoulders disappear as the highway slows down for about a mile through a very small town, and then reappear on the other side of town. The logging trucks create a lot of wind - enough that I might fall if I wasn't prepared.

I've been riding on the shoulder going the opposite direction from the traffic, so that I can see the drivers and make sure they've seen me - and also so I can see if it's a logging truck or not and be prepared to keep my balance. When the shoulders disappear through town, I just continue slowly on the sidewalks (watching out for pedestrians).

A few miles after town, I get off onto the old highway, which is slower (avg 55mph) but very curvy and doesn't have a shoulder. I ride in the right hand lane, but switch lanes on the very sharp curves so that I remain visible to traffic coming toward. I'm afraid if I stayed in the lane where they couldn't see until they were right up on me, I'd get hit.

Am I doing it right?