I've seen this in communites all over the country... bicyclists riding on the road when there's a perfectly good bike path running parallel to that road less than 200 yards away. I know sometimes the bike paths are in poor repair but recently I've seen bicycles on the road a week after the path was repaved! I would think that a bicyclist would want to ride on the bike path where there is one, because you're a lot safer there, out of traffic. Am I missing something?
So-- do you ride on the bike path or the road? And if the bike path runs alongside the road and is in the same condition as the road, what makes you stick to the road instead of the path?
Not trying to argue, just trying to understand so maybe I don't run over a bicycle on the twisty park road in my neighborhood (which has an awesome path next to it!).
2006-07-10
15:21:41
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