Quote Originally Posted by grey View Post
I ride in remote parts of N. GA and most all I have are 2-lane, shoulderless, winding, hilly roads.
Me too.

The key word in the OP was "fair amount of traffic."

The rural roads I ride in Ohio have maybe 15-20 cars per hour. The roads I stay off are the same in terms of narrowness, lack of shoulder, and lack of sight lines, but they're more like 2-3 cars per minute in each direction. There would be no way for a car to pass me safely before the next intersection - which, two or three miles in bike-years is six to 12 minutes, which really is significant in "real" time (unlike the few seconds that some cars will shove past you to save).

And, because of the lack of shoulder, there would literally be no way for me to allow cars past no matter how many were stacked up behind me - dismounting would involve a tumble down the hillside, a minimum of scrapes, a probability of poison ivy, and a likelihood of sprains and/or bike damage.