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[mrshckynut]

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@Citrine1 wrote:

Sidewalk and pavement mean the same thing to me too.  If there's a difference, I'm unaware of what that is.  

At any rate, bicycle riders should have the decency of alerting you to the fact that they are there.  If they'd simply say "behind you", you'd know to look out for them.  People just aren't courteous any more.  

@Citrine1   while i disagree on your first paragraph i agree with your second       we live on a gravel road no pavement no sidewalk       occasionally both types of bikes can be seen on our gravel road  and unless one's hearing is impaired or they have plugs in their ears for whatever reason bikes of all kinds can be heard on a gravel road they cannot sneak up on you

while i don't know the solution the author of this thread is looking for        where we live a paved road is a paved road not a sidewalk and to conflate them could be very dangerous where we live

mrshckynut 

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[candyagain]

It's brightly colored spandexed bicyclists season here. Lots of rural roads with no fog lanes and lots of idiots who seem to think they always have the right of way. Winding curves and adult riders -- three and four apart -- who won't move into a single line spells road rage and accidents.

Ah Spandex Season.....

[Citrine1]

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@mrshckynut wrote:

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@Citrine1 wrote:

Sidewalk and pavement mean the same thing to me too.  If there's a difference, I'm unaware of what that is.  

At any rate, bicycle riders should have the decency of alerting you to the fact that they are there.  If they'd simply say "behind you", you'd know to look out for them.  People just aren't courteous any more.  

@Citrine1   while i disagree on your first paragraph i agree with your second       we live on a gravel road no pavement no sidewalk       occasionally both types of bikes can be seen on our gravel road  and unless one's hearing is impaired or they have plugs in their ears for whatever reason bikes of all kinds can be heard on a gravel road they cannot sneak up on you

while i don't know the solution the author of this thread is looking for        where we live a paved road is a paved road not a sidewalk and to conflate them could be very dangerous where we live

mrshckynut 

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Well, ok, but we weren't talking about a "paved road".  We were talking about a "pavement" which, where I live, is a sidewalk.  

A "paved road" would be a street.

[mrshckynut]

@Citrine1   different parts of the country different terminology of what constitutes a road or street or roadway   where we live asphalt is asphalt concrete is concrete and sidewalks are sidewalks and we have sidewalks constructed out of both   

mrshckynut 

[jellyBEAN]

I'm nearly 70 and I've never heard of a sidewalk being called a pavement.  Must be a regional thing.  As a little girl, I'd walk with my grandma (she didn't drive) and the sidewalks used to be made out of large slate slabs.  Now most sidewalks are cement.

But anyway, I have a little bell on my bike.  I ride on the road.  No sidewalks in my neighborhood or any  neighborhoods I ride my bike in.  If I feel I'm coming up on someone I give it a ringy dingy or two as not to startle them.  But I also learned you shouldn't ride on the sidewalk.  If you go on the sidewalk with a bike you should walk it, no riding.

However, there is one short winding cut thru sidewalk in a park I like to ride on.  It reminds me of The Yellow Brick Road.  It's fun to ride with the curves and bumps but I don't use it if I see someone in that vacinity.

[DJs mom]

I live in Philly and we often say pavement. In our area the sidewalk is the same as the pavement. 

[geezerette]

I'm over 70, grew up in the Midwest, and have called sidewalks "pavement" my whole life.  

Maybe because where and when I grew up sidewalks were few and far between.