Originally Posted by
Rolla
In high school in the 1970s, I used to ride the Amish country roads in NE Ohio. I was gravel before gravel was cool!
I ride those roads occasionally; they're still pretty great!
As for my childhood: my friends and I rode our bikes everywhere. This was in the early '70s, before parenting became an anxiety-filled competitive sport, and so there were no restrictions on where we could go and what we could do...And parents didn't line up play-dates and other organized activities for their kids.