Originally Posted by burnthesheep

My $0.02 for local to me, I can ride for hours without putting a foot down if I so desire within a pretty good sized city area since we have a state park in it with gravel trails for bikes. That beats the constant stop/go and traffic to leave town to ride road bikes sometimes. I can just be in nature, quiet, no cars, and just cruise for hours. Only time I don't really head in there is the super busy times of days for runners.