Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
Most people I know aren't 'cyclists', they simply use their bicycle for transportation. They're not hooked on it, anymore than they're hooked on a fork they use to eat.
Very true in New Orleans. We all get on our bikes, scooters, buses, trolleys, and into our cars and trucks wearing regular work clothes. Very, very few of us consider ourselves "cyclists", "scooterists", "busers", "trollyists", or "motorists". In fact, the vast majority of car free/light people in my city never get on a bike unless they have some place they need to be, otherwise known as a "destination". We don't jump on our bikes randomly to pedal in a meaningless circle. A bike is just cheap utilitarian transportation.