No. Bicycles were heavy, uncomfortable products for the first ~40 years of their existence. Rubber tires and pedals didn’t come to bicycles until the 1860s. By that point the US had >30k miles of extensively linking most of the northern states. The modern bicycle didn’t really come into being until the 1890s.

I’m having a hard time getting numbers for track in Europe, but the UK was the real pioneer and Germany followed quickly.

Well, clearly, wherever I heard that from was a terrible source of information! I stand corrected!

Also isn't it a lot more comfortable cross-breeding in a sleeper car than on a bicycle? (Asking for a friend.)