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05-14-01, 06:37 PM
When I was young, there were no "bike paths" that I was aware of. This was back around 1970. But now we have them, like we have so many new marvels. There are so many plusses about them, I'm not sure where to begin. Well, here goes:
1) Bike paths allow you to meander slowly to your destination, giving you more quality time on the bike.
2) Bike paths help you "run into" different types of people and expand your experience of human powered travel, as well as your first aid skills.
3) Bike paths present exciting challenges, like blankets of multi-colored glass shards, sudden 1-inch rises in pavement at bridge junctions and sharp, downhill curves that help you practice your slalom technique.
4) Bike paths protect you from learning dangerous road cycling skills which, once learned, may lead to abandoning the wonders of urban bike paths forever.
5) Bike paths make cyclists of different skill levels equal, so that faster, more experienced cyclists must slow down and travel at the same speed as children on training wheels who are sharing the path.
6) Bike paths sharpen your sidewalk cycling skills by
sharing many similarities with modern sidewalk design,
including uneven pavement that dips at every driveway crossed.
7) Bike paths teach cyclists and dogs to get along better.
8) Bike paths can become party grounds at night, so that you can mix with the wild crowd (if you're adventurous.)
9) Bike paths give government more to be involved with so we can spend more tax dollars that would otherwise be wasted, or worse, not collected in the first place.
1) Bike paths allow you to meander slowly to your destination, giving you more quality time on the bike.
2) Bike paths help you "run into" different types of people and expand your experience of human powered travel, as well as your first aid skills.
3) Bike paths present exciting challenges, like blankets of multi-colored glass shards, sudden 1-inch rises in pavement at bridge junctions and sharp, downhill curves that help you practice your slalom technique.
4) Bike paths protect you from learning dangerous road cycling skills which, once learned, may lead to abandoning the wonders of urban bike paths forever.
5) Bike paths make cyclists of different skill levels equal, so that faster, more experienced cyclists must slow down and travel at the same speed as children on training wheels who are sharing the path.
6) Bike paths sharpen your sidewalk cycling skills by
sharing many similarities with modern sidewalk design,
including uneven pavement that dips at every driveway crossed.
7) Bike paths teach cyclists and dogs to get along better.
8) Bike paths can become party grounds at night, so that you can mix with the wild crowd (if you're adventurous.)
9) Bike paths give government more to be involved with so we can spend more tax dollars that would otherwise be wasted, or worse, not collected in the first place.