Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
...Safety: I feel much SAFER cycling compared to walking on the street.
Me too. At least in traffic I have some rights of way, as a pedestrian I am hugely frustrated by having to rely on drivers' good-will in order to get across some roads safely.

The children thing is a huge challenge to cycling time for me, and I only have one. I'm lucky enough to have the magic combination of 15hrs/week daycare, no paid job, and a variety of cycling routes on the doorstep. I do ride on 60mph country lanes, because there's not much traffic on them and at the end of the day they are there to be cycled on just as much as driven on. I do try to tow my girl in a trailer, but adding a trailer does add more limits in terms of the roads that you feel safe riding on, the risks you are comfortable taking, the places you can ride (many cycle paths here have barriers that trailers can't fit through and dropped kerbs that are too narrow to take a trailer's broader wheelbase), and the places you can park your bike and trailer once you do reach your destination.