Last Saturday Apache and I grabbed the Opie and rode into Zionsville to checkout the Farmer's Market, and I actually broke one of my cardinal rules and rode the last three miles on a sidewalk because there is just no margin available, and because of the heavy traffic we were causing many of the drivers a great deal of trouble as they had to pass us one car at a time even though they were coming from both directions. I believe that is the first time I rode on a "sidewalk" in four years and maybe even ten years or more, although in the area that I live many of the sidewalks are being constructed as MUPs, and I do use those occasionally when there are no other users on the trail.

I will however start using that one stretch of sidewalk on weekends to avoid being a nuisance to the drivers, so I guess after nearly 20 years of saying that bicycles don't belong on sidewalks, I have re-considered my opinion and will now state that there may very well be times when a bicycle should opt for using the side walk to avoid being a nuisance to the drivers using very narrow roads.