Originally Posted by Rowan

It's hiding behind words in the belief that an avalanche of them will convince others that the person is right and more intelligent and more experienced that what they really are.

You've written about yourself, why you've taken the car-free option, and detailed your experiences with that. Even the most ascerbic critic here, I-Like-To-Bike, has posted more than several pictures of himself and his bicycles. Living proof, if you like, that he, you, me, Machka, wipekitty, and others actually do ride bicycles, and can write about their experiences on them.

Quite a few of us have lived car-free for extended periods of our lives, and can draw on that experience to suggest why certain things won't or will work.

The poster in question? Not so much.

Anyway, I am off for a bike ride with Machka. 100 miles visiting a town that is remote and rural...