I think it's interesting to note that the business which prompted my rant about "bike snobs" has gone out of business lately.

Perhaps being a bike snob is not so profitable after all!

See, there's this common perception that bikes are toys, not serious transportation. That's probably in large part because the whole bike industry here in the US promotes biking as sport. It is pathetic that the large manufacturers are so pathetic about promoting bikes as utilitarian vehicles.....A lot of people tell me they are scared to bike, because they might get run over. But this ignores the statistics. Yes, accidents happen. But so do heart attacks. Biking regularly prevents heart attacks, and all the evidence indicates that the positive health effects of biking far outweigh the risk of accident. Read More...