MightyMitre:

Your bike paths sound funny if they're shorter than your bike. Although I can't say the cars are particularly considerate around here, we do have bike lanes in the streets. We even have a bike signal in front of street lights so that if there aren't any cars around a bike can activate the light so that you can cross. At least that is the general theory but they don't all work. Some of them do change the light but the light changes so fast that I can't cross the street before its red again. Even my husband can't and he is a very good cyclist. There is a really nice bike path made especially for the cyclist that goes from one town to another. We took that one last weekend and it was heaven for me. No cars, smooth paved path that ran paralel to a major highway, and it was flanked on the sides by Alpine Lace, wild blackberry plants, oak trees and dairy pastures. Plus, we got to cross over three wooden bridges that spanned the creeks. I thought it was a beautiful pleasant ride but its very boring for experienced cyclists as there aren't any hills and its only about 21 miles. Of course, for us to get there we ride down from our town so for us its 28 miles. Thanks for the link. I love looking at pictures from other countries.