Comments on: LAB and the Future of Bicycling http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/lab-and-the-future-of-bicycling/ Getting Around on Two Wheels and Two Feet Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:13:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Keri http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/lab-and-the-future-of-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-5572 Keri Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:15:40 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2324#comment-5572 I agree the term vehicular cycling has too much baggage. And it's kinda dull. What we practice is integrated, cooperative and confident cycling. I recommend <a href="http://www.cyclecraft.org/" rel="nofollow">Cyclecraft</a> as a book for confident cycling. It has all the good info and none of the vitriol. I agree the term vehicular cycling has too much baggage. And it’s kinda dull. What we practice is integrated, cooperative and confident cycling.

I recommend Cyclecraft as a book for confident cycling. It has all the good info and none of the vitriol.

]]> By: Steve A http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/lab-and-the-future-of-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-5570 Steve A Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:07:03 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2324#comment-5570 We don't have enough money to put bikeways everywhere. If you truly expect to go wherever you want to go, you still need to learn to ride safely on whatever the roads have to offer. Otherwise, it's like teaching people to swim by offering them water wings and threatening that powerboats will run them over if they swim in the wrong spot. I still remember being afraid to put my head underwater. I can't say I'm sad I got over it. Cycling is pretty much the same, albeit safer. We don’t have enough money to put bikeways everywhere. If you truly expect to go wherever you want to go, you still need to learn to ride safely on whatever the roads have to offer.

Otherwise, it’s like teaching people to swim by offering them water wings and threatening that powerboats will run them over if they swim in the wrong spot. I still remember being afraid to put my head underwater. I can’t say I’m sad I got over it. Cycling is pretty much the same, albeit safer.

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