Re: Do you feel like biking makes you a loser?

KingOfTheApes wrote:
> Well, society doesn't hold cyclists in high esteem. Perhaps bicycles
> are associated with homelessness if used with baskets that make them
> practical, and bikers always risk the stigma of tree-hugger,
> underemployed, immigrant, laborer, etc. among the general population
> if used for other uses other than recreation.
> 
> So how do you feel about it, jumping the San Francisco bridge?
> 
> "Bicycles are often seen as having low status, associated with the
> poorer cl***** or underdeveloped nations. Even in bicycle-friendly
> Copenhagen and Amsterdam, pedestrian and bicycle officials talk about
> difficulties in dealing with planners and engineers who think only in
> terms of motorized solutions."
> 
> http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/PED_BIKE/univcourse/swless01.htm
> 
> 
> THE REVOLUTION WHERE SMALL IS BETTER
> The chihuahua says: "Yo quiero revolution!"
> 
> http://webspawner.com/users/bikeforpeace
> 


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