Originally Posted by
Robert C
On a different sub forum I wrote this, it seems applicable:
You do know that the most commonly overused parable in management seminars is this: A person going to a hardware store to buy a drill does not want a drill, he wants a hole!
For many people the same applied to bicycles, the buyer does not want a bicycle, the buyer wants cheap, efficient transportation. Yes, of course there are exceptions; if a person is posting on this site they probably are one of the exceptions. However, most cyclists are trying to address a need, not a passion. There is nothing wrong with that and is should not be derided, as it so often is on this site. Bike forums should not become "just drive a car" forums.
That may be true but "Bike" forums should not be used to deride how someone amends their use of a bicycle either. Just take the bus or just live in high density housing is no better than just drive a car. We all make compromises to live the lives that seem right to us. Everyone rationalizes their choices. But one thing that must be remembered people that made other choices more than likely were not deluded but made serious consideration before making them. I for one don't care where people want to live or how they get from point A to point B. I do care if they condemn others for not wanting to live the same way.