Actually no... bikes officially classify as a vehicle and are *supposed* to be on the road, by law. In Canada, anyway. I've tried telling Hubby that, but he gets irritated anyway.
If a guy on a bike can't keep up with the posted speed limit of a road, he shouldn't be on the road. All they do is slow down a whole lane of traffic that's afraid of hitting him. Some cities (Detroit for one, I believe) have special bike lanes. I'm referring to the cyclists (why is that you call a guy on a bike a cyclist and a guy on a motorcycle a biker?) as "guys" because it seems they're always skinny-assed guys with ponytails or shaved heads (no middle ground) riding bicycles in traffic.