I've seen someone bunny hop a road bike. In fact, he was on an elevated bridge path moving along at a pretty good clip but hopped down to the roadway to go around some peds and then hopped back up! So he was hopping sideways while still maintaining a forward speed of ~15mph. Coolest thing I've ever seen. I think we are all way out of our depth trying to advise the o.p. on what sounds like a unique riding environment. Which also commutates to: the o.p. should perhaps be asking local cyclists for advice on matters peculiar to Eastonian cyclist behavior. What I know, however, is it would get old in a hurry to go any distance on sidewalks and that isn't really cycling. Around here, people skateboard when they want to cover distance using sidewalks. If the o.p. is old enough to use the Internet then they are old enough to obtain a drivers license for their bicycle.

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