Riding a bicycle along Weirs Blvd, US Route 3, from the Weirs roundabout to the Shaws supermarket on the Laconia/Gilford town line is pretty doable on both sides of the road. Both sides, going north or south, have solid white lines between the car lane and the dirt shoulder with the width varying from one to three feet of paved "bicycle or pedestrian" lane between the white line and the end of the paved asphalt surface.
The speed limit is either 35 or 30-mph, which is relatively slow, and helps to make it safe for pedaling a bicycle.
The dirt soft shoulder gives about another 1-3' depending on location, there.
In the summer I see bicyclists pedaling down the side "bicycle/pedestrian" lane on the boulevard pretty frequently. Adults just out for a bicycle ride on modest looking bikes with and without helmets.
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