Posted on 06/15/2010 6:49:48 AM PDT by MissTed
and how many more bicyclists are there in major metro areas where that stereotype holds true? plenty!
Certainly before the days of lock up torque converters there was a big efficiency disadvantage. All sorts of folks complain about all sorts of things. This is my argument to trot out to point out that most complaining folks are hypocritical.
"Never explain, Never complain"
A good rule to live by (with rare exceptions).
Huh? There are six million people here in the metroplex. This IS a major metro area.
Taxation is a measurement system with strong negative feedback.
Measurement systems disturb the systems they are trying to measure.
It is often unclear on what behavior the taxation system wants to drive.
Then there is the law of unintended consequences.
Combined with the fact that "life is not "fair"", grousing about the details of taxation is not a good use of one's short lifetime.
Better to grouse about and reduce ALL taxation.
so, HOT DIGGITY, there are cyclists in TX that cut against the grain. i assure you that your run of the mill major metro areas in the rest of the country are rife with cyclists who fit Vast’s stereotype to a T. The mentality that just because your little subset isn’t like that, it’s an unfair stereotype is ridiculous. It’s a similar mentality to that of my NYC jewish liberal friend telling me yesterday that i could not fairly assume that two lawyers based in NYC were NOT conservatives, because he PERSONALLY KNOWS several conservatives who live in NYC.
Threads about bicycles vs. automobiles always devolve into side fights that are much louder than the original article, with the usual sides forming up. That's why I always pop up a fresh batch of popcorn before I start reading them.
Be honesty with me here. How much first hand knowledge do you really have about bicycles and bicycle culture? I’m no expert, but I’m a life-long rider and employed in the industry. I’ve seen a bit here and there. A bit more than I’d wager most have.
I find it amusing that threads like these attract all three of us....lol
you can have all the experience in the world, that doesn’t negate the stereotype. i live in NoVA suburbs of DC, this area, as well as most major metro areas is loaded with spandex wearing crunchy granola eating libs. and because there are bound to be more bicyclists in major metro areas than in the heartland, that means more like them, than like you. my experience with cyclists is having them IGNORING traffic laws, avoiding bike paths which run parallel to the roadways in order to ride the damn road and IMPEDE traffic flow. That is my experience. and the ones i know PERSONALLY, are exactly as i have described.
I considered that as a possible motivation for your comments. Thanks for the clarification (and I'm not being a smart-aleck). It does take a developed skill to manipulate gears, one I'm proud to have. Learned it on a '72 VW. During the Michigan winter on icy roads.
I live in a city, too. I bet they walk their bikes right into the office and park them by their desks. You know what chaps my hide? My employer has to maintain bathrooms with showers to accommodate these guys.
Most automatic trans drivers are idiots.
You drive an automatic.
You are likely an idiot.
Well, Paladin, ya gotcher ipsos, ya gotcher factos, and yer QEDs....
Oh, I forgot....sometimes I AM an idiot...LOL...
QED, et. al.
;-)
i live in an area where traffic is the BANE of my existence. DC area is #1 in traffic congestion. Bicyclists add to it and annoy the living he!! out of me.
Living there just encourages them.
What bugs me is the social engineering aspect of it. A lot of the large metro areas pass special laws to benefit bicyclists in an effort to “get people out of their cars.” As in, “You are a bad person to want to drive a car 15 miles to work.”
Congestion is dreadful in SoCal, and people become infuriated with the bicyclists there for the same reason.
LOL!
Eschew SoCA, but don't even think of moving to Montana. Try Austin, TX.
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