One one of my bike routes I have the option of choosing two different roads. One is a two lane road with a speed limit of 35 mph. The other is a 4 lane road with a speed limit of 45 mph. They are both a two mile stretch.
Generally I pick the 4 lane road because that gives cars an option of moving over instead of trying to squeeze by me with an oncoming car.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Would depend upon if the road had wide shoulders, amount of traffic, etc. Around where I live I have lots of two lane roads but the 19 mile loop I have worked out is mostly 20 mph limit with some being 30mph (basically meaning 30mph and 40 mph). When your trying to get 100 miles in that loop gets very boring but a heck of a lot safer than the other roads (55mph meaning 65 mph).
DanielG - 2010-11-28 3:59 PM I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.