Entry Posted September 10, 2008

http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/2008/03/terminology-folly.html “Let’s straighten things out, shall we? What you see in the photo above, taken in Copenhagen, is something we call a ‘cyclist’. Not a ‘bicycle commuter’, nor a ‘utility cyclist’. Certainly not a ‘lightweight, open air, self-powered traffic vehicle user’. It’s a cyclist.” See also Critical Miss or Critical Mass?: Critical Mass turns cycling into a political act in which the participants are activists wearing funny clothes, and otherwise unlike regular people. (Gay pride parades have a similar effect?) 15:50

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… bus or train to work. Picking it up in the afternoon. She isn’t an activist, doesn’t belong to a cycling organisation with a long acronym and she doesn’t even think about the fact that she lives in something called a “bike culture”. From agreat article on Danish bikingby Copenhagen Cycle Chic. This site has become one of my daily reads. Share/Save …

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