Are you a cyclist?
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11-23-20, 01:59 PM
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11-24-20, 10:46 AM
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If you google "cyclist" you get the simple short statement--------------one who rides a bicycle. No requirements are listed.
11-30-20, 07:17 AM
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Well, let's call them "propelled by human power", just like normal bikes. I still say I use "my feet" to propel myself, even though one of them is a prosthetic.
11-30-20, 07:20 AM
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CD I should have written Swedish Experiment. I am old a feeble and want out of the human race. So why the strong feelings about a totally inconsequential term in the scope of our lives? I could see an argument about COVID, human slavery, climate change, etc. FYI Half of what I write is tongue in cheek or for my amusement.
The reason we are discussing the other thing is that some people want to somehow disassociate themselves from the umbrella term because they feel they're somehow "better". The only way to do that is to attempt to somehow make the umbrella term nonsense and meaningless.
12-02-20, 11:25 AM
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The kid with training wheels is a cyclist, the homeless guy riding his dumpster find bike to the Quik-E-Mart is a cyclist, the guy on his cargo bike that looks like a fat Gandalf is a cyclist, the aero-kitted roadie is a cyclist, etc.
Adults tootling along on tricycles or lying on their back on rolling barcaloungers? Debatable.
Adults tootling along on tricycles or lying on their back on rolling barcaloungers? Debatable.
12-02-20, 11:36 AM
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12-02-20, 12:34 PM
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12-02-20, 04:37 PM
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Hey, hold on a minute... aren't these guys "cyclists"?
Right turn Clyde...
ps I like my car, I like my truck.
pss The folks with the Teslas and Masi's in my neighborhood are very considerate to cyclists.
Right turn Clyde...
ps I like my car, I like my truck.
pss The folks with the Teslas and Masi's in my neighborhood are very considerate to cyclists.
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12-02-20, 07:07 PM
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After riding my bike for about a week, and having 14 miles on it, I started saying, "now that I'm a cyclist..." Obviously in jest
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12-02-20, 07:20 PM
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12-03-20, 11:26 PM
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12-04-20, 12:58 AM
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alloo The video articulates certain ideas and positions I identify with...but it was a bit verbose and slow for my taste (I make TV commercials). I do give the creator props for creating and maintaining a high image quality, mostly through the use of professional stock video sources.
I have biked to work for 28 years for fitness, and like the narrator, people will assume I'm a member of some arbitrary cycling group they concocted in their mind that is anti-car and uber-liberal politically. I, too have had people complain to me about the poor behavior of other cyclists as if we all know each other and are members of a secret organization with a specific agenda.
Unlike the video's creator the phenomenon of being stereotyped is nothing new to me since I am jewish ("Why do you all...?") and my wife and family are black ("Why don't y'all...?").
But I encounter plenty of other people who are impressed by what they perceive as self-discipline (it's really just habit and some tricks to keep me riding daily), and what they perceive as "toughness" in the snow and cold (It's just experience and good planning).
Overall, I enjoyed the video...thanks for sharing!
I have biked to work for 28 years for fitness, and like the narrator, people will assume I'm a member of some arbitrary cycling group they concocted in their mind that is anti-car and uber-liberal politically. I, too have had people complain to me about the poor behavior of other cyclists as if we all know each other and are members of a secret organization with a specific agenda.
Unlike the video's creator the phenomenon of being stereotyped is nothing new to me since I am jewish ("Why do you all...?") and my wife and family are black ("Why don't y'all...?").
But I encounter plenty of other people who are impressed by what they perceive as self-discipline (it's really just habit and some tricks to keep me riding daily), and what they perceive as "toughness" in the snow and cold (It's just experience and good planning).
Overall, I enjoyed the video...thanks for sharing!
But, the comments here including the one above were well worth reading. You guys are brilliant!
12-04-20, 06:14 AM
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I will watch the video later but I don't bunch everyone who rides two wheels as cyclists. Some are just bike riders. I am a cyclist and identify as much. My wife does not consider herself as a cyclist but someone who just rides a bicycle occasionally.
At the same time I am not a motorist, I am someone who drives a car and hates every single moment of it.
At the same time I am not a motorist, I am someone who drives a car and hates every single moment of it.
/ˈmōdərəst/
noun
noun: motorist; plural noun: motorists
- the driver of an automobile.
If you drive a car you are in fact a motorist.
Facts don’t care about your feelings
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The self described cyclist boy racer type cyclist, remind me of the skier that set around the fire in the ski lodge, and tells of their last exploits on the slopes. And they remind me of the fisherman that tells how big the fish was they caught last week.
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