Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
Apparently taking the lane at ~10-15 mph while riding a hybrid or a bike with panniers is "trying to outrun other traffic.
Images of commuters "speed racing" at 10-15 mph.
Again more frightening images of cyclists "speed racing" at 10-15 mph.
I guess in Holland racers ride hybrids and bikes with panniers.
He pans to a group of cyclist cycling at ~5-10 mph on hybrids and bikes with panniers.
And his video of a Chicago cycle track shows two lycra clad road cyclists going 15+.
Pans to cyclist going ~15 mph commuting on fendered hybrid.
Yikes!
I did not realize that I was promoting a bad future for cycling in the USA! I guess I will have to get rid of my sporty clothing and carbon fiber bikes and buy some tight jeans and an opafiets.
Exactly.
What I don't understand is why the video maker is promoting riding a bike that's heavy and slow and panning a bike that's light and easier to push? I have to ride far enough to get to work, why should I make it harder than it already is? Maybe that's it in a nutshell. If you only have to go a few blocks, and have all the time there is to get there, it sure seems nice to mosey your way down the bike path to work. It's just not like that here.