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Old 04-16-09 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by neilfein
Presenting cycling as an everyday activity is patronizing? I'm not seeing this. Is it that the article is critical of the lycra crowd?
I don't have it in front of me and don't feel like re-reading it for specifics--but sort of, yes. Saying that people who don't dress like a fashion model on their way to work aren't dressed like grownups is pretty much the definition of patronizing.
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