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Who is a real cyclist ?
On Friday, August 31, 2018 at 9:31:18 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 8/30/2018 11:27 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 03:35:27 -0700 (PDT), OK wrote: Probably a homeless guy with depend on two-wheels is the real cyclist in my view. Not guys with riding $5k bike on the bike lane who just use bike for exercise or fun and these guys never use bike for main transporter. And next real cyclist would be Dutch and Denmark cyclist using for a main transporter. If you're riding a bicycle, you're a real cyclist. Why be judgey about it? People are amazingly tribal. I actually do wave at the super-low-income guys riding past me on bikes - not that I see that many. But most of them don't respond, just as many of the guys in "Look, I'm a racer!" garb scowling along at 20+ mph don't respond to waves. I think we are much more likely to accept and acknowledge those we perceive as being like ourselves - although that's relative, and depends on context. I remember being at an outdoor restaurant in Venice and meeting a black American couple who appeared to be several economic levels above us. As fellow Americans in a foreign land, we chatted like old friends for nearly an hour. But I bet if we met them in downtown Chicago, they wouldn't have bothered talking to "those bike riders." -- - Frank Krygowski I have the same attitude. Anyone riding a bike is another brother of the wheel. When I got a flat out in the middle of nowhere a homeless guy riding by offered me his patch kit if it would help. Could I do any less? |
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