Originally Posted by genec
Again, I don't think those folks are here on this forum. Parents perhaps, but beyond that... you need a vastly different soap box.
Give you an example... Yourself, after 30 years of riding you finally got the message... Did it come from here?
The problem is you can scream from the rafters here, and the only folks you are gonna reach are cyclists that use computers.
You need to take it to the street and start with the the vast majority of bike shop owners, and mechanics. If every bike purchase came with Cyclecraft, then you might make a dent.
Argue with the same folks daily here... ya ain't changin' a thing.
I disagree. You're not just preaching to the choir, you're preaching to people who just came in the church for the first time, and you're even preaching to people walking past the church on Sunday morning. A growing number of people are turning to the internet as their first source of information about a subject thay are newly interested in. People even surf to sites they have a very passing interest in, and sometimes stick around for a while.
When I was 47 years old, carfree again, I paid $30 for a crappy mountain bike. I had ridden back in the 1970s, but not since. I had a vague memory that bikes could and should ride on the streets, but never saw other cyclists doing that around here. I looked around on the internet for guidance, and eventually came to this forum. While lurking around, I happened upon a post by Helmet Head (using a different name) about vehicular cycling.
That post and others by genec, DailyCommuter, and many others, really expanded my cycling horizons. I haven't looked back since. Thousands of cycling miles later, I'm finally starting to feel like an experienced and competent cyclist. I'm sure that process would have taken a lot longer if it wasn't for the internet.