I have to travel over about 1/4 mile of asphalt & over about 1 block of sidewalk(actually a double laned concrete bike path) to get to trails. My preference is to lead them in hand over these surfaces. It gives me the chance to tone my rear end & gives some weight bearing to my joints as well that riding doesn't really provide. I actually welcome this as sort of a warm up /cool down for all of us & will probably do the same even when we move to Bend & have more dirt roads to trail access.
Kaaren
