"After years of federal and local spending on bike routes and other amenities, most cities are ready to handle more cyclists. But many motorists simply don't see their two-wheeled brethren or, when they do, find them aggravating. Managing more cyclists is going to take more than new bike paths or fresh stripes on the roads. It looks as though there is a need, on both sides, for a revolution in manners." --The Economist
Entries tagged "bicycle"
Bike Shorts
Bike Shorts 10 August 2008
"Road-bike aficionados are much like trout: simultaneously enthralled and mortified by anything shiny and new that enters their environment." --Wired.com
Bike Shorts
Bike Shorts 30 July 2008
"Within societies of mass automobility, bicycles are often regarded as a children's toy, a middle-class sports fad, or a form of transport for those who are too poor to drive. Within less that three generations, cultures of everyday or utility cycling disappeared. Those who continued to cycle are often regarded with suspicion."--Adrian, Yellow Brick Road.
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A few thoughts on repairing flat tyres.
Bike Shorts
Bike Shorts 25 July 2008
"The premise that cyclists' behavior somehow voids their right to sharing the road is indefensible at face value. 'Well officer I thought it was OK to hit this cyclists because several blocks back I saw another run a red light' is not something anyone could defend." --TheWashCycle