"Women who ride"... on the sidewalk...

[SouthernBelle]

Ya know, that is a nice looking bike. Wish it would turn up like Peewee's did.

[la bicicleta]

What is everyones pet peeve about riding a bicycle on the sidewalk? Why is it frowned upon?

[KnottedYet]

What is everyones pet peeve about riding a bicycle on the sidewalk? Why is it frowned upon?

Because statistically it is the most dangerous place for bikes.

[Trek420]

Problem is that sidewalks don't go one forever. Sooner or later you're a bike where a ped should be.

Cyclists on the sidewalk cross driveways and parking lot entrances where drivers exiting or entering don't expect cyclists to be .... and we get hit.

Riders on sidewalks get to intersections and zwoop onto the crosswalk where drivers expect a pedestrian ....and we get hit.

Cyclists on sidewalks encounter pedestrians and decide zwoop off the sidewalk like a pedestrian jaywalking out between parked cars .... we get hit.

Attentive drivers scan the sidewalk at turns and driveways for pedestrians. I've had it happen where I'm looking for foot traffic, see someone on the sidewalk and make a turn with the conditioned reaction "they are on the sidewalk, they are going ____ speed" It's a cyclist

And equally important bikes on the sidewalk are to pedestrians what cars are to us. We should be sensitive to how difficult it can be for elderly, disabled, people with kids or strollers or dogs or cats on a leash .... it can be hard on them when bikes are on the sidewalk.

[DirtDiva]

In this part of the world it is illegal to ride on the footpath if your wheels are over a certain diameter (I think it's 16 inches..?).

[Trek420]

Well, I forgot to specify that. If you send little Robbie or Suzie down the block to play with little Florence and Lorenzo they should be on the sidewalk (and walk their bike in the crosswalk). I think we all expect that.

But I figure once you've learned to drive ....

[SouthernBelle]

Essentially a bike is a vehicle, we just happen to be the motor.

Vehicles go on the road.