Originally Posted by james_swift
No offense, but generations of kids on BMX's and Schwinn 10-speeds have been riding this great country's cities and suburban towns, and doing so quite fine even before "bike advocacy" arrived upon the scene. I'm an old fart, and no offense, but this old fart says that "bike advocacy" is just the progressive infiltration of Liberalism into yet another facet of society. Bike advocacy, CM, whatever, all eventually have you going to the polls to vote a certain way. It's a shame we failed to rescue one last great American institution from the poison of politics.
This old fart says, "shut up and ride" (and gimme my chondroitin...I think I hear my knees a-creekin').
How many kids do you see on BMXs and Schwinns after age 16... and how many actually riding on the streets... 'round here they pretty much stick to sidewalks until they can drive... then the bike goes into the garage forever... except to come out for the summer boardwalk rides.