Originally Posted by Helmet Head
That's like saying the least political thing Rosa Parks could do is refuse to obey the demand of a bus driver to relinquish her seat to a white man.
Getting on the road and asserting our rights to do so is not all that different, and relative to its own political context, no less important.
I mostly concur, HH, but where we differ is that I do see a role for A FEW "separate-but-equal" facilities for bicyclists, such as bypasses around interchanges that you would describe as "advanced" or "entertaining for competent cyclists." However, I shall defend your right to bicycle on virtually any public road, including quite a few freeway shoulders (which I use occasionally, as well).
Freedom of mobility, particularly freedom to move under one's own power as a bicyclist or a pedestrian, should be regarded as one of the "natural rights" envisioned by the founders of this nation.
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