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| Rust v. Inhabitants of Essex, 65 NE 397, 182 Mass 313 (1902). A bicyclist hit a stone on the road and was thrown from his bicycle. "It is settled that those charged with the care of public ways are not required to attempt to keep them so smooth that a bicycle can go over them with assured safety, and that a road which is reasonably safe for travel of the ordinary kinds is not defective merely because not fit for use with bicycles. (...) We are of opinion that the presence in the wrought path of a country road of a single stone of the size and characteristics described, there being 16 feet of unobstructed path on one side of the stone, and it not being in the usual wheel track, would not justify a finding that the way was defective. So placed, the stone would not be dangerous to travelers on foot, to equestrians, or to persons riding in ordinary vehicles." | ||||
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