Old 11-24-10 | 01:23 AM
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Veloria
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From: Easthaven Isle, ME
Originally Posted by noglider
And snarkypup, you convinced me to dig out the old French bike. Look for another thread on it soon.
Yes please! If you restore it, I will be happy to list it FS on Lovely Bicycle - I've been asked when my next sale is coming up, but I think at this point I will wait till Spring.

Originally Posted by noglider
snarkypup's last paragraph is proof that you're an advocate, even though you haven't realized it yet.
No, well I realise what you mean - that people read and are inspired to ride a bike. But what I mean, is that I have no prescriptive "message" for readers. It's more like I am there for those who want to enjoy bicycles and have the seeds of that interest within them, but don't know where to turn for resources or "support". But I am not interested in the politics of the whole thing, and in fact it agitates and upsets me when politics and various aspects of activism enter into it. It also upsets me when cyclists perceive themselves as somehow morally superior to non-cyclists and I do not want to affiliate myself with that point of view at all. I am not a better person because I don't drive. I am not saving the world. I am just interested in bicycles and cycling, and those two things are something I enjoy discussing. I am not sure that's advocacy, as to me advocacy is not just about effect, but about intent. I do not intend to convert non-cyclists to cyclists or to "increase ridership"...
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