Originally Posted by
Machka
They just didn't have anything like that where I lived.
And yet, I've managed to cycle 150,000+ km without.
Neither did I when I was a kid. I was riding along the most heavily trafficked road on my side of the state daily from 2nd grade on, and pedaling far enough that this past year, my Dad was surprised when I told him where I rode as a kid.
When I discovered the beach bike path. I considered the bike path on the weekends to be very dangerous, more so than the city streets.