It's all about how you should never carry more than one water bottle and how gooey energy food is stupid.
Also, in Thursday's post I had the nerve to poke fun at a 1970s cycling technique video:
Seems to me that if anything remains fair game for laughs in this world it should be dated helmet technology, but somehow I managed to instill the ire of a small handful of John Forester drones, who in their characteristically robotic fashion left comment after comment about the evils of bicycle infrastructure.
Now, granted, we've come a long way in 40 years, all the way from this:
To this:
Oh, wait, no we haven't. Actually the only difference is all the drivers have airbags now.
Of course nobody would argue that cycling skills aren't crucial. However, it's absurd to say that we don't need bike infrastructure going forward. There's nothing abstract about it either, the evidence is right in your face. Nobody can point to a cycling paradise built on a foundation of confident lane-taking and a complete absence of bicycle infrastructure, but you can point to this:
Basically you've got your flat earthers:
And then you've got your pictures from space:
And then you've got your pictures from space:
Hey, you wanna ride around in a neon vest and a helmet like you're about to fall of the edge of the world then fine, but don't screw it up for the rest of us.
Finally, a craven thief has left a bike shop without a prized memento:
signed world champ @petosagan helmet stolen from NJ bike shop. Can you help ID the thief? https://t.co/4dLrTtHzov— Bill Strickland (@TrueBS) October 10, 2017
The thief? Some sort of rogue ska enthusiast, apparently:
Just leave out a Lambretta with a key in the ignition and a Fred Perry shirt neatly folded on the saddle and hide behind a bush with a net.
