Lovin' my Fixie
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Euclid, Ohio, USA (Near the Great Lake Erie)
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Bikes: Litespeed Classic, C-Dale MT1000, 80's Trek 770, 2005 Raleigh Rush Hour Pro, Fixed
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My city has a beautiful set of parks and parkways that surround the city. Many of the sections have "multi-purpose" paths that are used extensively by skaters, kids on bikes with Mom and Dad and some bike riders (notice I didn't call them cyclists) and of course walkers and joggers.
It is just too crazy to use them as a cyclist moving at faster speeds and I've only used them as a walking path. Instead I ride on the road that runs parallel to the paths. It is legal to ride the road of course, but not in the eyes of the car drivers. We are often yelled at to "Get on the Bikepath you jerk!" as we ride on the road. Of course this often turns into a shouting match. Because there IS a path all drivers seem to think that cyclists should only use that and stay off "their" roads.