I'm generally not a fan of banning anything but in this case I'm conficted.

I ride my bike in St.Charles county...though I use the Katy trail which is a rails-to-trails MUP.

They aren't trying to ban cyclists from the roads in all of St.Charles county...not even the majority of it. The portion of the county in question is nothing but twisty, rural two lane roads with very limited visibility and no shoulder. You'd think that rural roads like this wouldn't have much traffic but these roads get quite a bit of traffic on the weekends.

Every weekend those roads are full of people in sports cars taking a drive to the wineries. I can't imagine anyone who values their life would dare ride a bike out there.

I totally understand that road bikers aren't going to want to use the trail for the most part. But the ban doesn't cover 3/4 of St.Charles county...just the really dangerous part. Which also happens to be in the same direction the trail goes.

I don't know...totally conficted. Especially since I just witnessed two cyclists barely escape being hit by a car yesterday as I was parking to ride the trail. I passed them on my way there. They were taking the lane, riding side by side. I noticed their jerseys way before I got close to them but apparently this car didn't see them until it was almost too late. And this road has a great shoulder that road cyclists usually use as a bike lane so there wasn't a pressing need to take the lane aside from the fact that it makes conversation easier.

I get wanting to assert rights...but I get conflicted when asserting rights means risking your life.