I'm just kidding but really there seems to be a culture of one-upsmanship and negativity rather than sharing and congratulating like on the commuting threads. I mean I'm not saying one is better but than the other. However the commuting section is better. HAHAHAHAHa flame on....
I feel like there's almost as much one-upmanship in the Commuting section. It may be subtle, but there is competition to have the best/fastest bike, the most callenging commute, to be the fastest rider, etc.
As far as negativity... yeah, at its worst, the Car Free forum has a sort of "the sky is falling" feel to it.
But some of that attitude is based on pure truth- the human population is growing as fast as ever and a huge portion of the world population is starting to earn enough to buy fossil fuel energy- energy that then won't be available support first world people's heavy use of transporation, heating, and cooling.