Quote Originally Posted by doc View Post
That's just silly. I am a real roadie. I ride with the big boys and often make them eat dirt. However, if I'm out cycling with my 2 little girls, I'll be on the sidewalk. I educate them again and again and again that pedestrians have the right of way. But I'd rather they live and the drivers sure don't care so...
I hope there are no alleys, driveways or similar car exits along your way... A little guy (7 y.o.?) on my old street, riding with daddy on the sidewalk, was almost run over by a car coming out of a driveway, not even especially fast. Kids on bikes are much lower than adults, and as someone mentioned earlier, even careful drivers when they drive out (or worse have to back out) of driveways sometimes have very limited vision. Hence they have to get their front wheels on the sidewalk to see anything in front of them.

Of course it all depends on how your neighborhood is built. But in mine I'd rather ride the bike path with the kids or take them to a park and then ride.