Originally Posted by jrowedc
I could think of many things--sprawled riders among them--that I could clear with a 2' bunny hop. The question that should have been asked, "Riding forwards gets me everywhere I need to go. Why backwards?", does not have an obvious answer.
Think: a tight alley or passageway and suddenly a vicious dog appears. No space or time to turn around so one must scramble backwards as fast as possible.
