Ouch! I'm glad to hear that you are OK, although rather bruised...

And people are surprised when I tell them I don't ride on bike paths.

My experience with bike paths is that they are not safe places to ride. (OK, OK, I know that's a generalization, and you all probably know where there are safe paths...) In my experience, bike paths are often overused, and the users of the paths often don't have a clue as to how to safely share the path. While I'm sure there are some places with good bike paths, I haven't encountered any in a long, long, time. The two I remember as safe and not overused were bike paths in the Anchorage, AK area, and a bike path between Spokane WA and Coeur d'Alene, ID. As for me? My bikes and I are quite happy in the road, thank you very much!

--- Denise