
Today I road north west to our local library for toddler story time. I took my road bike since it is all up hill, it was under a four mile ride round trip & my saddle is still affixed on it. My road bike is meant for the road. It's skinny tires aren't great on sidewalk. However the further NW I ride the more cars on main streets seem to exist. Parked on Ridge Ave on both sides and using the lanes of course. Also this is a truck/bus route so the berth between such is often impassable. Basically you cannot share the road but take the lane fully on a bike to be safe.


Story time went well and of course walking in with helmets is a great conversation starter about biking with kids! I'm often asked my opinion on front seat/back seat/trailers and of course helmets.
The ride home was all down hill so the reverse of the commute there I had way more speed and road mostly in the road. With the exception of a couple blocks where the two lanes and parked cars gave me a two foot area that I deemed unsafe.
All in all we had a great neighborhood ride today!
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