I mentioned getting hits from Australian riders, including a Melbourne fellow who goes by the name "Treadly & me." He recently posted that fun "bah humbug" comment on the Audax Australia entry. Treadly has a site worth checking out. Lots of depth.
Here's the link. I've also added him to the permanent blog links.
Your quote of the day, courtesy of Treadly the philosopher:
Work is just something I do while I'm out on a bike ride…
It's interesting to note that the Oz riders face some of the same hate-baiting by journalists looking to drum up a little controversy.
Treadly's blog has a link to this anti-bike venom from one of their local commentators:
Has is it ever occurred to you that maybe bicycle riders don't belong in the city? It did to me the other morning as I crawled across the Story Bridge at about 12 klicks-per behind some stupidly smug, selfish git on one of those dumb-arse bikes you sort of lie back into like a recliner lounge.
Treadly also has a link to a commentary from a Queensland cyclist, who speculates on the damage from these anti-cycling messages. Here's the lead-in:
It seems to have become a favourite sport for journalists to stir up the anti-cycling underbelly in our society. The favoured method seems to be that of writing some sort of personal account of their own raging encounter with an ‘annoying cyclist’. The rage and hatred is often cloaked in what the author claims is humor.
In light of this commentary, I want to circle back and praise the remarks made by Mountain Times editor Jason Reagan regarding the Ron Fitzwater column that ran in his paper. That took guts.
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Thanks for that big blast Mike. (Phew, I'm a bit embarrassed here!)
I think the thing that is remarkable about the Ron Fitzwater piece is not the column itself (views like that are common to the point of tedium), but it's the reaction from the editor. Such a level maturity and public accountability is all too rare these days—and it's noteworthy and commendable.
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