Don’t mess with me, I have friends in high places or high friends in places or….. :-)

and the posting passcode is “bitch”, now THAT is funny

The people I refer to have been trying to get to something important during Friday rsh hour, like a kids recital or ball game or a flight home. Their comments were inspired by the discussion of CM and let to lumping us together, kind of lke people used to do with Harley riders.

No, I don’t just point. That is why i jpoined the USCF, Birmingham Bicycle Club and LAW about 15 years ago. I still make donations to bike advocacy groups and I still ride my little single speed around Midtown.

Since I am unaware of scientific evidence of CM’s effect on public opinion, anecdotal evidence is all that is available to me.

Just to counter your anecdotal evidence with my own, I have met a ton of people who have said, “Damn, that looks like a lot of fun. So, you really bike around in the city? Like, not just for that group thing? Huh. I have a bike on the patio just collecting dust, I should tune it up.”

I know like 3 people who think Critical Mass is stupid and an obnoxious traffic problem; they do not extrapolate their opinion of CM to think all road cyclists are idiots. In fact, I’ve never had anyone express that kind of anti-cyclist opinion out loud in company because that’s the kind of rant I’ve only seen from the comment trolls that emerge on the AJC and iReport.com under the shroud of anonymity and megalomania. What kind of reptilian-brained sociopaths do you hang out with, man?

I have never met anyone who said, “You know, those Critical Mass people made me think about the situation and they are right”.

I have me a lot of people who think all road cyclists are idiots and a problem to be removed from the road because of CM.