Re: 10/07/05: Do we belong on bike paths?

IOwa has mostly streets and roads, very few "bike trails" and most (not all
really) are "recreational" in nature and do not REALLY go from one place to
another. One that I honestly enjoy riding, no matter what I am using, is
just such, It starts basically nowhere and goes pretty much nowhere else.
But another one runs about 50 miles or more (close to 60 or more now really)
some paved, some "packed limestone screening" and is pretty good if you are
not particularly worried about getting anywhere quickly.
mark

 On 10/9/05, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:56:45AM +0200, B D wrote:
> > --- Mary Arneson <marneson47@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev:
> > > On Oct 8, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Sheldon Brown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've ridden my GT3 on rail trails and found no problem. The width
> > > > issue is deceptive.
> > > >
> > > > Your 18" figure is atypical. Most mountain bikes have handlebars
> > > > 22" wide or more. Also, a bicycle needs more space because it
> > > > must move from side to side and also lean to balance.
> > > >
> > > > A trike, on the other hand, can be ridden perfectly straight, even
> > > > at very slow speeds.
> > >
> > > A bike with a trailer is also wider than many trikes, and less
> > > stable. I think we'd all agree that a trailer full of kids has a
> > > place on the path, and bike / multi-use paths need to be built with
> > > them in mind. If they are, there will be plenty of room for the
> > > rest of us -- trikes, handcycles, utility trailers, and velomobiles.
> >
> > This is generally a problem here, that bike paths aren't consistent in
> > any way. They could be narrow, wide, and with obstacles that makes it
> > impossible to anticipate if the path is possible to use or not. The
> > bicycle organisations here in Sweden seem reluctant to work with these
> > issues other than from a turist point of view, which I find extremely
> > dissappointing. The National Road Administration also think that
> > biking is mainly for the southern part of Sweden because of weather
> > and such things (I wonder if they have been outside their cars and
> > corridors ever), this is also very dissappointing and shows of very
> > low interest and knowledge in biking. From a biking point of view,
> > this is true stone-age!
>
> I think you underestimate the stone-agedness of a good portion of North
> America...
>
> > /Bruno
> > Sweden
>
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