Well, I hope you find this funny. The Original Poster says:
Biking is not for average joes
"If people biked liked they drive , i.e assuming people see them,
they'd be hit every week. I bike as though I am invisible and this
helps me avoid one certain accident every week. I am convinced safe
cycling takes a lot of equipment ( lights, mirror, etc ) and knowledge
that average joes's simply do not have the desire to understand. That
is why no matter how expensive gas becomes, people are still better
off driving for their own safety."
Then he gets attacked...
"OP reminds me of Idiocracy.
As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point.
Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest,
the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process
which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor
different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future
that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on,
things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down.
How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward
intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to
simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent
to become an endangered species."
And then I counter-attack...
And then the dumb ones elected a President that reminds us of the
stone age...
http://www.bartcop.com/mo-caveman.jpg
It was a real pitty that they threw over the board 10,000 years of
civilization.
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They've got a very nice forum there with all kinds of subdivisions
within biking...
http://www.bikeforums.net/index.php