Yesterday we took a ride out along a "country road" to go to the C&O Canal for a walk with our dog. Now, actually very little in Bethesda/Potomac is really a country road, and this scenic path, MacArthur Blvd., has houses along most of its length, and a bike path, which starts at the county line in Montgomery County and runs out to Great Falls to the national park there.
I remember when the bike path was built which was probably 10 years ago at very likely great expense to the taxpayers in the county. It is probably 4 feet wide, well maintained, and level. It runs along the road, which is pretty well trafficked and only two lanes.
I acknowledge that the "bike path" is also used by walkers and dog walkers, so the bikers use the road and not the bike path. That gives rise to my rant and my question.
Why do bikers not use the bike path? Why do they ride 3 feet from the edge of the road, going with the traffic, slowing it down as they huff and puff along in those Euro biking outfits (what a visual treat from the rear that is!)
Can someone explain to me what the reasoning is behind these new road hogs?
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