Comment by vineyardmike

> Plenty of people bike safely in NYC, SF, and Seattle.

Oh i know and power to them. Personally, i'm very clumsy and not very balanced, so i don't feel like i'd be comfortable riding in the city. I've rode a bike around silicon valley a bit, and it was fine.. most of the time.

I used to bike a lot in youth, (mostly on bike paths for fun), and for sure i know that a mostly-bike/ped environment feels much safer.

> The more people who ride them the safer and more normalized they get.

This is why i've been keeping an Ebike in the back of my mind (and hoping for alternatives to emerge). I'm hopeful for a future where cars are second-class citizens on urban streets.

Maybe i'll try biking around my neighborhood this spring, and see if I can get used to it.

(BTW thanks for the tips :) )