Originally Posted by
BengeBoy
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Last year, our local cycling club, Cascade Cycling (which claims to be the largest cycling club in the country), was torn apart because even local cyclists are split on whether cycling organizations should be about recreation and fun or political advocacy.
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Too bad they have fallen into the same thinking trap as so many others. Their faulty thinking is to think and act as if a bicycle is one thing to all people. That is as erroneous as thinking that motor vehicles are the same to all people. Motor vehicles and bicycles are all the things mentioned and much more. Each group that uses the machine, whether motor vehicle or bicycle, has its' own agenda. That agenda should be forwarded by those most interested and respected by all others.
In this Club's case they had a choice. They could redirect the Club to accomodate all users. Or, because they couldn't think big enough, they could fragment. They chose the latter. Too bad. We all suffer from such religiosity.