tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post9011959797090567424..comments2023-11-05T01:50:47.040-07:00Comments on Bike Commute Tips Blog: A dinosaur roarsPaul Dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893190816290007375noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-81325534020307360362007-09-13T12:04:00.000-07:002007-09-13T12:04:00.000-07:00Don't you think that calling cyclists an "oppresse...Don't you think that calling cyclists an "oppressed group" and implicitly comparing us to African Americans is a little over-the-top? I ride my bike 20 miles each way to work every day, and I must say I find my experience with motorists to be overwhelmingly positive. I certainly have to deal with the occasional jerk or clueless driver, but no more frequently than when I drove a car. Maybe my perspective is a little different than most as I don't have to deal with heavy urban traffic, but such rhetoric really does seem to go a bit far in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>BTW - My commute is from Adamstown, Md to Germantown, MD if you want to see where I ride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-71827076064313491212007-09-13T07:28:00.000-07:002007-09-13T07:28:00.000-07:00dude, please send your comments in a letter to the...dude, please send your comments in a letter to the editor of those papers. blogging only reaches those who already agree or are interested, where as newpapers go to everyone who reads them.sasquatch2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11534012335256941195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-74276027540374062582007-09-12T15:11:00.000-07:002007-09-12T15:11:00.000-07:00Pablo,Imagine paying 20-, 30-, 40-grand or more fo...Pablo,<BR/><BR/>Imagine paying 20-, 30-, 40-grand or more for a gas-guzzling behemoth (or sporty hybrid) and still having to watch the bikes wizz by in the bike lane while you sit in traffic.<BR/><BR/>Rather than admit that you'd bought the lie and paid retail, you lash out at those smarter, faster, and healthier than yourself.<BR/><BR/>Buyt I say, lash out all you want, dinosaurs; the world is changing and you're a dying breed.<BR/><BR/>The revolution will not be motorized.<BR/><BR/>Sub-Commander SasquatchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-51191269279142066152007-09-11T19:32:00.000-07:002007-09-11T19:32:00.000-07:00paul, you explain all that exactly correctly. i w...paul, you explain all that exactly correctly. i was just reading an article in seattle's free weekly paper <I>The Stranger</I> about a band called TacocaT. they have bicyclists on their enemies list:<BR/><I>"You're drawn in by the sugar-high beats and your blood starts pumping harder during the angry polemics about douchebag bicyclists who take themselves too seriously... When i suggest their splenetic 'Bike Party' is going to create some enemies in Seattle's notoriously hardcore cycling community, Nokes is blase'."</I><BR/>notoriously hardcore? i rather doubt that. most of them are just trying to get to work and back with minimal interference. why should that be so controversial?clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860613460678917845noreply@blogger.com