Why is larping as a turn of the century messenger while blocking traffic on a weekday considered fundamentally a Good Thing, while larping as a pro athlete on a closed course at the ass crack of dawn on a Sunday, where you paid in advance and you bring business to the community and bother literally no one, is so heavily derided?The GF thing isn't my cup of tea personally, but it seems like about the most harmless way you can be edgy and have a little light "competitive" fun without intentionally irritating anyone (or seriously endangering yourself in a high stakes pro race), unlike Critical Mass which is just jacking off about how you're Doing Good (while actually just being a jackass)Is that the issue? The irritation has to be declared in advance? If you irritate someone who will never even see you just by existing, you're uncool, but if you irritate people for the sake of irritating them you're cool?Change my view on this, Gran Fondos are actually something we should encourage, all the benefits of sport with few if any disadvantages, and Critical Mass is seriously misguided
>>2072184neither are good things and you sound very punchable. i'd call you a faggot but thats an insult to power bottoms
>>2072184It's called direct action and CM is a form of political activism against the people who are bought, controlled, and indoctrinated by big oil and auto. Without such aggression, we lose our voice, and without that voice the politicians in charge would continue to build a car dependent nation while dismantling initiatives to build safe cycling infrastructure. CM at its core is a pro cycling protest
>>2072184kill yourself faggot lmao
>>2072213I hope you get run over, queer.
>>2072184Why is making up scenarios to get mad at considered fundamentally a good Thing?
Shut up looser, it‘s the exact opposite. Everybody hates poor fixie fags who make riding a bicycle their entire personality because they have nothing else going for them Roadies are annoying too but are at least mildly respected because they are at least productive members in society, have actual jobs, wife and kids, own a car etc…
i am a cyclist and i despise the culture of cycling
>>2072258I'm a roadie and I'm unmarried and car-free
>>2072223makes you feel alive
>>2072258>Everybody hates poor fixie fags who make riding a bicycle their entire personality because they have nothing else going for themOk guy posting on the bike board on 4chan.
When you think about it, going out and getting yourself arrested over some bullshit muh bike lanes internet argument is the ultimate trust fund kid flex. Imagine being so loaded you don't give a shit about your future earning potential as a wagie so you can go out and get yourself cuffed for social media clout knowing it will never affect your material wellbeing.
>>2072259Based. Fuck all cyclists that aren't me.
>>2072263second
>>2072453>bike boardListen, faggot, this is /n/ - Transportation. It is not:/n/ - Bicycles/n/ - Complaining about cars/n/ - Communist kids clubRemember that and shut your pie hole.
>>2072555>riding a bicycle is communismIf you're trying to make communism sound more appealing to today's no-good teens, it's working
Critical Mass is based because it owns the cagies by showing that Vehicular Cycling is the best way to stay safe. You don't need concrete barriers and elevated paths to protect you, you just need to know how to use the road by corking, advocacy, and taking your lane.
>>2072555kys
>>2072184Traffic blocks itself. When you're in traffic, you are the traffic. Stupid cager.
>>2072641That argument only works when you're using the road as a road. What's the point of Critical Mass rides? So you can all go pick up groceries together? Or to make a statement by b_______ t______ (I bet you can fill in the blanks lil dude)
>>2072213Are you excited for 13 speed Duraace anon? I hear it's going to use a new proprietary free hub body
>>2072691>proprietaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbXUSatsCPw
>>207269113 speeds? Why so much speed? This is NOT a race, single speed is all I need
>>2072258>fixie rider with wife and house and jobwhat now bitch
>>2072727and now you'll wake up
>>2072558>"Bicycle Kingdom" in Hong Kong was under UK's rule>switched over to cars around the time of the CCP takeoverUsing Hong Kong as a bicycle advocacy example is wrong on several levels.
