News Flash: Lots Of People Ride Bikes In The Twin Cities
May 30th, 2007 by owenamForgive the sarcasm; it is merely a reflex. The Rake‘s current cover story does a wonderful job raising awareness of cycling as a part of everyday life, rather than just “a child’s toy … or a specialized implement meant only for aerobic sport junkies.” I haven’t even finished reading the article, and I already found the most important part:
“One of the most powerful things psychologically,” said Manning, “is to flip a person’s internal switch. If, instead of seeing bikers on weekends in spandex racing gear, you saw lots of everyday people biking to work, picking up their kids, going to the grocery store, then you’d start to identify with biking as commonplace, as functional transportation.”
Just how many bikers are necessary to create that critical mass, to flip that switch, is yet to be determined. But one more is sure to help—so get on your bike and ride, already.