For context, probably not your average cyclist- I've covered at least 10k commuting & touring miles on a bicycle. I don't bike anymore, because walking is bett

For context, probably not your average cyclist- I've covered at least 10k commuting & touring miles on a bicycle. I don't bike anymore, because walking is better for my posture, I have limited time for exercise, and I am able to walk to work, so I do that now. If a cyclist is going slowly (under 10mph?) and conscientious that pedestrians rule, I have no problem with them on the sidewalk. Bikes can stop quickly. I have much less tolerance for the speed demons (as I once was) in their fancy kit who think they rule the streets (as I once thought, until I retrained myself to reconsider cars as "people driving cars" and pedestrians as people moving in the most primal way, and thus worthy of the most deference, including necessary mobility devices, not including "luxury" mobility devices which generally include bicycles). If I had my way, cities and roadways would be redesigned to make it really easy for bicycles to use. "If you build it they will come" approach. I've biked on highways in the western USA and in Japan, and felt safest in Japan, maybe because I was glaringly different, vehicles tend to be smaller, and automobiles don't have the primacy I observe they do in the states. I often prefer biking in the road because I want to get from A to B and not take some meandering path as many bike paths are. I didn't bike for fun, I biked for transportation, to save money on gas and car repairs, and for my health. The fun was incidental.