Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I'm an excellent slow rider and I've had to give up on that issue. For some reason, in any street fair/crowd situation, people seem to think that if you're on the saddle, you're going to bump into them. I've literally had a guy yell in terror when he realized I was riding the same speed he was walking and I was about 6 feet behind him. Cops will also yell at you or worse if you don't dismount.
Is that just a US thing?
Ok, I see the point in a street fair/crowd situation, but I think that isn't really the normal situation when one would ride on a sidewalk - there is little sense in riding on a sidewalk if it's so crowded you can barely get through.
As a side note - I've had someone trying to steal from my backpack while I was slowly riding through crowded old town.