Problem is that many roads are not designed for cycling and they put themselves and others in danger.
RT 40 started as a wagon train trail west. .
I can assure you that things have not gotten significantly better in the passing centuries.
In many places, the “shoulder” is more of a theory than a reality.
Where I live, a few inches of error could result in no one finding your body until long after the porcupines have had their way with you.
Yet the guv insists on making western Maryland one big nature quest for reality-impaired liberals.
(They love to go commune with the same bears we petitioned to shoot in our hinterlands)
Occasionally, you are faced with a “me or them” choice on a blind curve/hill and oncoming traffic.
I’m really in no hurry or mood to sacrifice myself for their disregard of right of way.