Originally Posted by
FBinNY
What's smug in any kind of way about trying to start a thread dedicated to people who choose to ride light? Nothing was said negative about people who don't.
Meanwhile the "real" commuters like you had no problem being derogatory about the light riders here, and trying to set them (us?) right.
It's a bicycle, you turn the pedals to make it go. If you do so, you're a bicycle rider. If you do so, to get to work or school and back you're a bicycle commuter. There is no right way or wrong way, it's simply about turning pedals to get to work.
I can't see any reason to put people down or offer suggestions of better ways unless asked.
The thread was started to celebrate light commuting. If that's not your cup of tea, that's OK, don't post here.
Thanks for that. There is an ugly thread of "unracerism" in bike culture in the USA. The odd thing is that this does not really exist in nations where most people ride "city bikes".
I love Mikael Colville-Andersen's quote about the relationship of Danes with their bikes:
Our relationship to our bicycle is often the same as to our vacuum cleaner. Everyone has one, everyone uses it, but the vacuum cleaner and the bicycle are merely efficient and practical tools for making our everyday lives easier.
Few judge others for owning a Miele vacuum cleaner. It's just a vacuum cleaner.