[SamAdams76]

I must say that I was discouraged from cycling years ago because of too many close calls on the road. Even on country back roads, speeding vehicles have missed me by inches. Sometimes they do it on purpose and some jerks will lean on the horn as they approach just to see what you do and laugh about it. I tried going off-road with a mountain bike but it's just not practical because I liked using a bike to go from place to place to get errands done and such. So now I just walk four miles a day (on the sidewalks) and leave the bike at home.

[hopespringseternal]

Houston just blew a whole big pile of federal money on bike lanes everywhere. The idiots who did it should be made to use the bike lanes they provided by reducing the size of the existing lanes without widening the road. You would have to be suicidal to try to use them. No one does.