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So you are telling me that from Kingsbury to Ashland on North Avenue I SHOULDN'T ride on the sidewalk with 15-20 lbs of groceries on my bike? Ummm, not gonna listen to you. Pedestrians can just deal with my polite announcements of my presence and move over a bit as I slowly and carefully pass them. Most pedestrians don't mind one bit and return my smile and appreciate my 'thank-you".
You just should not ride on North ave.
There are these really nice streets a block north and a block south that act as wonderful alternatives...
For the record I never ride on certain parts of North, Western, Ashland or Irving and will ALWAYS take a side street and parallel them instead of taking the sidewalk. In my opinion justifying taking the sidewalk instead of just cutting over to a safer street is a just a method of justifying a sense of entitlement and laziness.
Barbra Mann said:So you are telling me that from Kingsbury to Ashland on North Avenue I SHOULDN'T ride on the sidewalk with 15-20 lbs of groceries on my bike? Ummm, not gonna listen to you. Pedestrians can just deal with my polite announcements of my presence and move over a bit as I slowly and carefully pass them. Most pedestrians don't mind one bit and return my smile and appreciate my 'thank-you".
whereas i dont subscribe to riding a sidewalk...this make sense.
so, lets revisit...
a stretch like North ave between ashland and kingsbury...hardly any pedestrians...a bit of an industrial corridor with few retailers. Stanleys attracts a few folks, Exit late at night, and the occasional guy walkin thru. that kind of scenario, really seems to be acceptable to ride on sidewalk. ( i do it every time...esp on the brige going east. and ESP going under the expressway)
but try the same on the other extreme...a sidewalk on N Michigan ave. NOPE. dont do it.
Moral of the story...USE COMMON SENSE
Barbra Mann said:So you are telling me that from Kingsbury to Ashland on North Avenue I SHOULDN'T ride on the sidewalk with 15-20 lbs of groceries on my bike? Ummm, not gonna listen to you. Pedestrians can just deal with my polite announcements of my presence and move over a bit as I slowly and carefully pass them. Most pedestrians don't mind one bit and return my smile and appreciate my 'thank-you".
Find me one instance of a pedestrian killed by a cyclist on a sidewalk in the last ten years and I'll eat my handlebars.
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