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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: jkeisenh on August 06, 2004, 10:31:00 am

Title: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: jkeisenh on August 06, 2004, 10:31:00 am
i know many of us will be at MPP, but if you're not...
 Today is the first Friday of the month.  That means critical mass.  
 
 This one is, as we say, "critical".
 
 Two bicyclists have been killed in the District in the last week.  A 62-year old commuter cyclist and a little boy who just got his bike and was killed on his birthday.
 
 Ride for them, and to save us and others.
 Dupont Circle.  
 6pm.
 
 Critical Mass Rules.  Bike more.  Car less.
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: markie on August 06, 2004, 10:47:00 am
I dunno, I like cars and bikes.
 
 Can't we all just get along?
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: jkeisenh on August 06, 2004, 10:48:00 am
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
  Can't we all just get along?
NO!    :D
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: markie on August 06, 2004, 10:55:00 am
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
 
NO!     :D  [/b][/QUOTE]
 
 So when my wife was mown down by a cyclist she should have set up her own critical mass for walkers?
 
 As far as I can tell critical mass causes drivers to treat cyclists with less respect, not more.
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: Sailor Ripley on August 06, 2004, 11:03:00 am
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
 As far as I can tell critical mass causes drivers to treat cyclists with less respect, not more.
It's probably just you  :D
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: jkeisenh on August 06, 2004, 11:07:00 am
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
 
 As far as I can tell critical mass causes drivers to treat cyclists with less respect, not more.
actually, i'd be surprised if it even had that effect.  so far as i can tell, it mostly is just fun and empowering for cyclists.
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: markie on August 06, 2004, 11:33:00 am
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  so far as i can tell, it mostly is just fun and empowering for cyclists.
Or annoying if you are in your car stuck behind a bunch of slow, saggy assed lycra wearing cyclists.
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: brennser on August 06, 2004, 11:41:00 am
so what does critical mass do? have a bunch of bikers bike slowly on the streets to piss drivers off? or something else?
 
 
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
   
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
 
 As far as I can tell critical mass causes drivers to treat cyclists with less respect, not more.
actually, i'd be surprised if it even had that effect.  so far as i can tell, it mostly is just fun and empowering for cyclists. [/b]
Title: Re: for the boardie bikers...
Post by: thirsty moore on August 06, 2004, 04:04:00 pm
You all don't realize that when people honk their horns, it is out of elation.