Smug cyclists

Posted on December 5, 2011 by .
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The problem with cycling advocacy?


 

Our intrinsic snootiness is a real turn off, writes Will Doig at Salon.com. Who knew?


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“We Are the Cyclists” Monkey Dust video hosted at 53×11.



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  • http://twitter.com/cyclelogical cyclelogical

    LOL…oh man, this is pretty great.  Thanks for sharing @cyclelicious. 

  • http://twitter.com/Jose_Galvan Jose

    I ride a bike and I LOLed heartily! “mere rules do not apply to us!”

  • http://scorcher.org/ Jym Dyer

    • Yet somehow, when we’re not being smug and virtuous we’re a menacing rabble.

  • http://twitter.com/Wuss912 Wuss912

    oh no they said road tax!

  • http://www.cyclelicio.us/2011/hamid-ansari-bicycle/ Cyclelicious » Hamid Ansari rides a bicycle

    [...] Comments Frank_Peters on Human TransitWuss912 on Smug cyclistsMaya Donoughy on Fernando Alonso rides a bicycleJym Dyer on Smug cyclistsJose on Smug cyclists [...]

  • http://profiles.google.com/siouxgeonz Susan Jones

    Here’s my theory:   calling us snobs is a simple defense reaction.   Since *they* see us and think “oh, I really shouldn’t be sitting my bucket butt in the car, smogging up the world and ftummeling the climate,” well… they might have to think about that.  So! Instead, they say “what elitist snobs!” so they don’t have to deal with their feelings.  Me, I’m just having a blast on my bike.
       Oh, well, that and… we’re not doing WHat Is Normal and (heaven forfend!) it is making them STFD  (slow down). We are therefore evil.

  • http://profiles.google.com/siouxgeonz Susan Jones

    Oh, and I’m guessing (and if I weren’t busy I would perhaps do the B.S. to post it) that this comment would apply:   when they start applying the same concern about a motorist speeding at 40 mph through a school zone or just exceeding the speed limit on t he interstate and actually killing people as opposed to hypothetically endangering them, I’ll believe you’re not being a flaming hypocrite about your “concern” for “lawbreaking” cyclists.

  • http://rayhosler.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/smug-cyclists-no-way/ Smug Cyclists? No Way! « Silicon Valley Cyclist

    [...] posted this funny video and it sends an interesting message. “We are the cyclists, the intermediate stage between [...]