Originally Posted by
Coluber42
So what is it with this assumption, even in the friggin' COMMUTING forum, that people who get around by bike must be cheap and/or poor and/or uninterested in spending money on anything besides bicycles and basic subsistence? That may be a stereotype in some places, but ain't no reason we should be propagating it ourselves, right?
Agree, "We" shouldn't propagate that people who bike commute or get around by bike are cheapskates, or only doing it because "we" are broke, or would be going broke otherwise.
However, some posters take it upon themselves to propagate those attributes as their own reason for living car free and getting around by bike only. As has been pointed out this same topic was brought up in the living car free forum. You could take a look over there and it might provide an answer to your question about cheapskate/financially strapped/"loser" image propagation.