I ride on the sidewalk.

But there's never anyone walking on it.

I live in a town of 14,000, with no public transportation and the usual suburban sprawl (although we're not close enough to any city to really be suburban). Cars are king.

I've been honked off the street even when I was riding in the empty parking spaces downtown on Sunday. I started riding on the sidewalk when we first moved here, because my son was only 9 then and he wasn't that great at holding a straight line. The town trail that is supposed to connect all the neighborhoods (eventually) goes through some beautiful wooded parts of town, but sometimes it follows the sidewalk in the busiest traffic areas. Depending on the time of day, there's no way I'm getting in that traffic. Just not necessary, since no one else is on the sidewalk.

Karen