Both Bush and Kerry are serious about biking and about physical fitness. Not many guys nearing sixty years old are in the kind of shape they are in.
Publicity about a President who rides bikes would be good for biking. Maybe Bush and Kerry need to rent a fleet of bikes and start doing their press conferences on bikes. Most reporters I have met look like they could use the exercise.
It is funny to hear TV commentators frothing at the mouth about how different the two candidates are when, at a personal level, they seem like twins who were separated at birth. They both had wealthy fathers who held high government office. Went to the same exclusive private college. Joined the same "secret" society at college. Both went into public service. Both love sports, including riding bikes. One got three Purple Hearts serving in Viet-Nam. One drank three kegs of beer while avoiding service in Viet-Nam.
I heard a standup comic talking about why most average folks do not seem excited about either candidate..."Yeah, we are having a hard time deciding which of these two rich white guys we care least about"...
But, whoever wins, we will have a President who cares about physical fitness and riding bikes. That might be a start on solving one of our biggest problems: we are a nation where most people need to be a lot more involved with physical exercise and fitness.