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03-25-19 | 05:30 AM

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Jim from Boston

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Salmon-ing" on a Sidewalk?

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Originally Posted by parkbrav

On my "short-cut" commute into work, I'm encountering a cyclist who is salmon-ing (biking against traffic), but on a sidewalk.

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Originally Posted by pdlamb

Is it possible to salmon on a sidewalk? I didn't know sidewalks were directional.

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Originally Posted by wipekitty

IMO, the sidewalk is for people moving slowly - like pedestrians. Small children and the guys chugging along on BSOs/cruisers/BMX on the sidewalk don't bother me, as they are moving slowly. Taking a shortcut on the sidewalk moving slowly - also cool.

I have posted a few times about my acceptable sidewalk cycling circumstances:

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston

...Last week I visited the family in Macomb County, MI. IMO, that is some of the nastiest road riding I have ever encountered. The main roads, to get anywhere, are six lane concrete slabs with bumps about every 20 feet, and many cracks and potholes especially on the right, with no shoulders, and heavy, zooming traffic with little patience for (slow) cyclists.

Sidewalks along side are frequently discontinuous, and often non-existent. Even as an experienced urban commuter, I will often flee to the sidewalks, little used by pedestrians out in suburbia.