Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Yes ride on the sidewalk extra fast with your broken wheels and poor attitude, good idea.
Oy vey! For those actually thinking this might be legitimate or yeah what about riding on the sidewalk. Please don't do it unless an absolute emergency and there aren't pedestrians. If you must be aware of your surroundings heavily and don't ride with speed or recklessly, ride as if you really don't belong on the sidewalk. We have streets we have paths we don't need to also take the sidewalks.
It's like the running a stop sign debate.
I got sidewalks that might see a pedestrian once every 3 days and then you have downtown business district at lunch time in nice weather or 5 PM. Two totally different scenarios that don't allow for a "The sky is falling, never ride on a sidewalk" philosophy.
I'll do my ride, you do yours.