Yeah, I can be a little slow sometimes. However, I think I may have an idea that could solve this whole CM dispute.

All that needs to happen is for people to quit using the CM name. After all, it's not an organization and doesn't exist, so why call it anything? I've been at so many cycling events with hundreds or even thousands of participants over the years that I can't even count them. And although there have been isolated incidents with harassment, severe injuries, and even deaths at these events, I have never witnessed any of the mayhem that seems to dog CM in certain areas. Nor have I sensed hostility from other cyclists or even the public at large to these events even though they sometimes really disrupt traffic patterns.

Obviously, it's the CM name that's causing the negative attention so if the participants didn't say call themselves CM (or maybe something along the lines of the San Francisco Independent Cyclists' Association), they might get treated like other cyclists and the most serious problems would disappear overnight.....