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How to Navigate the I-74 Overpass

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  •  Build up enough speed so you can ride steadily and predictably, in your lane. 
  • Drivers tend to appreciate a rider "holding his line" more than one trying to hug the rightmost edge and wobbling! 
  • Ride single file, with a safe distance between riders. 

Sometimes the shoulder is a good place to ride, but on this stretch, stick to the driving lane, not the shoulder.   Why? 

  • It doesn't last long.  You'll have to get back out in the lane and you will be, in effect, swerving back and forth.
  • It invites drivers to pass you ... and possibly cut you off as they get onto the exit ramp where the sign is.
  • It is more likely to have debris and glass.

 

 

 

This is a few yards forward; you definitely *don't* want to try to perch yourself up on the elevated sidewalk where there isn't enough room for handlebars, and the skinny little shoulder almost always is rutted and glassy, with that curb right beside you.  Just keep pedaling with confident, full-circle strokes :-)

See?  You're over !  Notice that the cracked pavement shoulder quickly becomes rather nasty gravel at the "don't turn right" sign. 

That chimney in the distance is where you'll turn left and be back on nice, open roads. Tailwinds have been requested.

 

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Last Updated: May 18, 2009