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Originally Posted by osirisboy
Wow. Relax! They are clearly walking to the cross walk. Also it's not like there aren't bikers riding all the time on sidewalks or roads when there is a bike lane available
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In areas that don't have bike paths, bicycles are supposed to be on the road - except that many drivers don't see them and almost sideswipe them (I didn't even bother keeping count it happened so often), and some of the drivers who do see cyclists yell at them to get off the road. If it's a quiet side street I'll stay on the road but if I have to ride on a busy street I'm on the sidewalk as I don't have a death wish - and then pedestrians get after cyclists to get off the sidewalk.
Then there's bike paths. Every time I've ridden on one I've had to play obstacle course with pedestrians who either aren't paying attention or don't care and refuse to move. No matter where a cyclist is riding they're a second class citizen - so yeah I have an issue with people walking on a bike path when there's a sidewalk right there for them.
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Originally Posted by trofirhen
Maybe they were just unaware it was a bike path for whatever reason.
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I'm sure you can guess how much that doesn't move me. One of the classic times was when I saw a jogger coming towards me so I coasted to a stop and waited in the middle of a bike path. The jogger was so 'in the zone' they didn't notice me until they almost ran into my front tire.