[ScottyS]

On a serious note, I can tell you that riding a bike on today's overcrowded and increasingly ignorance-filled roadways is a recipe for disaster. I do not know *any* regular riders who have not had an accident with a larger vehicle. Many of these individuals were seriously injured in the dust-ups. Some of these were *OK* riders, a couple were very good. You are simply at the mercy of anybody that weighs more than you.

IMO, a bike is something for occasional entertainment, where you are focused on riding and leaving yourself plenty of escape routes. Daily riding is likely to get you too complacent and eventually you will not have left yourself enough leeway in space or reaction time when some dumbass makes a mistake.

Now that I'm moving back to Reno, I expect to be riding my bicycle to work/school daily again. I did that for like 5 years from Sparks before, and it would get hairy enough. I've digressed on my own experience on the road driving delivery for years before, but man it can teach you about how random people are and the probabilities of accidents.