At last, at last, it is the joggers who are having to get out of the way. On country roads and city streets, on boardwalks, beaches and paths through the park, the vehicle of choice for more and more Americans is the bicycle. But it is no longer just a sturdy ten-speed from Sears: bikers are buying everything from flyweight racers to meaty mountain bikes, from collapsible commuter cycles to three-wheelers for less steady senior citizens. The number of adults who ride regularly has jumped 70% in four years, to 17 million last year, according to the Bicycle Federation of America,...
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