I've already done that and given plenty of advice to others over the years.

I think good advocacy comes from "spreading the word" that cycling is good for everybody and that comes in all kinds of forms.

Riding every day is a good way, so is writing into the papers when some bozo unjustly complains about cyclists. I wrote so many letters to the editor pointing out how stories or letters get it wrong that the editor called me at home and asked if I wanted to write a cycling column for the summer. Now, every week or 2, I advocate for cycling on a platform where I can reach my entire city and have our cause read about and discussed.

Sitting on or with organized groups furthers a cyclists cause but just doing your best to "get the word out" advocates our cause because isn't it the "squeeky wheel" that gets the grease?