I think Google is trying to make cycling more accessible to the average person. The people who think a five-mile ride is HUGE. Face it, most of the women
(excuse me, posters) on this forum fall waaay outside of the norm.
Sure, it might be of limited us to many of us here, but maybe giving people an easy way to find local bike trails might get more of them off the couch and onto those trails and give cycling a try. And some of them might become more interested in cycling. That doesn't seem too awful to me.
