KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
And people who ride often in those environments lose perspective on what it's like for people not acclimated to those dangerous environments. "It's no big deal" etc, expecting everyone else to just hop right in and have no problem. My least favorite person in advocacy meetings with the cities of Boston and Cambridge weren't the old-school hard line anti-bike people, it was the "advocate" subset known as "vehicular cyclists," a crusty old bunch of white men in their 60s who had learned how to swim with the sharks, riding fast and aggressively, and who expected everyone else to do it - moms, kids, whatever, so they staunchly opposed any safe infrastructure. Politicians loved them, because they were "cyclists" who gave them an excuse not to try to do anything remotely difficult. The rest of us did our best to minimize the damage they constantly did.
My wife calls it "the heart rate test." If your heart rate keeps shooting up out of fear on a route, then the route sucks.
My wife calls it "the heart rate test." If your heart rate keeps shooting up out of fear on a route, then the route sucks.