I just found this remarkable video, taken by a young woman called leveret day with a helmet cam on 20 February 2015, in South Kensington in London. The context: leveret day was pushing her bike, and a male stranger walks up to her, and begins telling her a vicious joke about cyclists. He goes on to tell her that cyclists are their own worst enemies and that cyclists deserve to … [Read more...]
Vancouver: No Fun City to Become No Bike City?
The Vancouver media has just launched another attack on Vancouver cyclists. On Tuesday the Vancouver Sun ran an opinion piece by Rob MacDonald entitled “Downtown Bike Routes are a Disaster”. And tonight Global headlined the news with a promise to tell us more about: “The growing anger over Bikes Lanes – why they’re very much becoming a public safety issue.” Both of these … [Read more...]
Cyclists DON’T Slow Traffic – Traffic Slows Traffic!
Just read an hilarious post about what REALLY slows motorists down - other motorists, not cyclists. Commenting on road rage (as I did in a post in the Vancouver Observer), Boston Biker advises: "If you really want to get mad at someone for all that traffic, tilt your rear view mirror down till you can see your own reflection and scream till you feel better." All in all a … [Read more...]
Laughing at Cyclophobes
Seems like it’s my week for laughing at road rage and cyclophobes. I posted "Laughing at Road Rage" a couple of days ago, and then just a few minutes ago a rabid cyclophobe caused great hilarity for me and my entire family. For those of you who don’t know, there’s this person on the web called Alex Tsakumis who writes horrific stories about trying to kill cyclists, while his … [Read more...]
Laughing at Road Rage
It’s just too easy to get stressed out about road rage – especially the kind that’s directed towards vulnerable cyclists by angry bullies protected by two tons of steel. But all this stress is just as harmful to my health as sitting in a gridlocked car for two hours a day would be – which kind of defeats the whole purpose of cycling for health. So I thought I'd do a … [Read more...]
