On Friday, August 26, 2011 12:31:08 PM UTC-4, bo peep wrote:
On Aug 26, 8:36 am, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
wrote:
Functional bike facilities means that you can go from one end of town to another

That is total nonsense - in my entire life, I have met exactly *TWO*
people who were physically capable of doing that, and they were both
hard core, semi-professional athletes. If "real" people are going to
use bikes at all, it will be for accessing their local neigborhoods.

In practical terms 90% of bike trips would be done under 5 miles, but I've gone 20-30 miles just for the fun of it.

Actually I got a campaign that goes "BIKE LOCALLY, BUY LOCALLY" that places emphasis on the bike and community.

The point is that YOU set your limits not the absence of bike facilities.