Is HelmetHead a Zealot?

[genec]

Certainly. But I've never lived in a place that prohibited me or my kids from cycling to school or anywhere else that we wanted to go after reaching the third grade. Includes PA, IL, IA, OR, and Germany.

Many places are not suitable/conducive for cycling, but I don't believe advocating about evil forces (or some nicer phrase for those who are not on the Club Rider wavelength) opposing OUR interests (AKA Road Cyclists' Commandment: Never Slow Down for Nuthin') will accomplish anything positive for cyclists.

I tend to agree... and we are on the same wavelength there. What holds true for the elite club rider does not hold true for the majority of the population. And somehow those that advocate, need to realize that they are speaking for the masses... not just the top 10% of the masses.

On the other hand... we got a lot of problems here... and it takes a lot of voices to be heard. Until schools start to look like those you show... then the problems tend to take on that "evil empire" look.

But really I think it is best to temper the message and ask for a bit more than you really want... and negotiate for the difference. Some obviously "want it all..." which in effect results in nothing, as there is no room for negotiation.

[I-Like-To-Bike]

I tend to agree... and we are on the same wavelength there. What holds true for the elite club rider does not hold true for the majority of the population. And somehow those that advocate, need to realize that they are speaking for the masses... not just the top 10% of the masses.
Just a clarification: My wavelength is that those that advocate, need to realize/make clear who they represent. Is it the cyclist population as a whole or only themselves and the cyclists who are like themselves (i.e. "elite club riders"?)

[genec]

Just a clarification: My wavelength is that those that advocate, need to realize/make clear who they represent. Is it the cyclist population as a whole or only themselves and the cyclists who are like themselves (i.e. "elite club riders"?)

Agreed... I often mention commuting riders in my arguments, who frankly are not the elite club riders and represent a greater number than those elite riders...

In my mind, there are extremes at both ends, but advocacy should be working for the majority.

I don't care if the "park riders" toodle along on sidewalks on weekends any more than I don't care if an "elite rider" can take a lane in a construction zone in 50MPH traffic... as neither one of these extremes represents the norm.

[eubi]

I like the wide range of comments on this board.

I also like to read HH's comments, agree or disagree. No, I don't think he's a zealot.

I seem to recall we were recently admonished by the BF mods for BAITING other BF members. I guess that's out the window.

If HH's posts are so upsetting to you, there IS an ignore function, you know.

[Bekologist]

Episode IV

A New Hope

"It is a period of civil war. Rebel cyclists, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil VC Galactic Empire and Helmet Head Vadar. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH SPRAY, an armored vehicle with enough dark paint to destroy an entire city's bike lanes. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Diane races home aboard her Trike, The Dominatrix. She is custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy....

(are we having fun yet? :D)

Meanwhile, the evil forces have been rebuilding the DEATH SPRAY and using the forested planet of Endor to power the spray-shield generator control facility. Rebel bicyclists on Endor have taken to living in relative forested secrecy with the Ewoks, riding largely unnoticed and hidden from visibility using the 'unseen bicyclist' tactics.

Some rebels, led by Luke Crosswalker and Bekologista, are using the farce to take on the evil forces at work on the death spray. Others are using large wheeled '29'ers and other hybrid fare to tackle the mean environment surrounding the sprayshield generator control facility.

Rebels have taught some of the young Ewoks how to ride BMX bikes like holy terrors.
Quiet proliferation of rebels disguised as slow moving 'transportational' bicyclists are beginning to be seen in the communities on Endor.