I have a problem with a user being very rigid with legal interpretation of access rules

[ftrebien (Fernando Trebien)]

@JamesBelchamber

It no more makes sense to tag bicycle=no on a footpath than to put a “Trousers" label alongside your kids names on their school trousers.

Just note that bicycle=no does not indicate if one may transit on foot while pushing a bicycle, it only restricts cycling. Whether one may or may not push a bicycle remains indeterminate. That’s why my edit also added bicycle:pushing=no, reflecting these posts in other threads:

@SomeoneElse

when it comes to the England and Wales “public footpaths” mentioned earlier, there are reputable sources who will claim that it is not legal** to push a bike on a public footpath because a bike isn’t part of a pedestrian’s “usual accompaniment”

@Richard

On most public footpaths in England & Wales, a bicycle is not a “usual accompaniment” and therefore you have no right to push one.

(There is some dissent from this view but it’s the majority position and, crucially, the opinion of most highway authorities.)