> Roads belonged to bikes before they belonged to cars. This is IMHO not true. In majority of the western world, roads belonged to horses and carts before the

> Roads belonged to bikes before they belonged to cars. This is IMHO not true. In majority of the western world, roads belonged to horses and carts before the automobile. Bicycles were not very popular in most cities and towns in the 1800s, even in Europe. Cobblestone, brick, dirt and gravel roads of the 1800s were often impassible on the bicycles of that time. Asia likely had a historically different bicycle:car ratio though.