Originally Posted by Het Volk

Cycling advocacy groups really should be referred to as alt-transit advocacy groups. Their focus is not really on bikes, its just that bikes happen to have been the most efficiency and effective form of alternatives for commuting compared to gas powered automobiles. Their interest in the bike itself, its design and form is not really part of their general focus. I can kind of see how, the way the winds are blowing (Americans generally always want the path of lease resistance when it comes to moving their fat @sses around, and so if given an option, the option with the lease amount of pedaling wins out) they want to be out in front on this, and not trying to convince people to just ride mechanical bikes, because again, their purpose is alternative transit advocacy.