NR said...
Lets not jump to too many conclusions about riding on the pavement. I ride a bike a lot, on road and dirt. Even when riding a roadie, there are times when certain junctions, roads, you wouldn't last long as it now seems everyone is cashed up, driving massive cars and they would mow you down in no time whist they checking their mail on their iphone or sipping a latte. So in these instances tehre may be a few sections I would hop on up to the pavement for a 100 meters or so. In these cases, I like fly, would go on a pavement, and take it super slow. Not racing or even going fast and looking out for everything and everyone like fly. If I then saw a postie, stopped, and got hit, I would feel pretty annoyed as well. Lets not criticise fly so easily.
Of course, there are idiots in every camp. I also see roadies geared up doing 30 on the pavements or shared paths dodging pedestrians like they own the path. But generally, roadies are ok. They want the exercise and doing it as part of a commute is good.
I may pass 1 person on the footpath going to work... while a couple hundred cars pass me... I kid you not, I would already be road kill riding on the road.
CBD with 100's of people, and slow traffic... road wins.
I was talking to somebody about being hit by a postie... he say I got hit by a bus on the road... technically his fault cos the bus closed in on him and he hit the footpath... had a nice scar on his chin.
