http://bikereviews.com/2009/11/trek-president-john-burke-says-spend-more-on-bike-advocacy/ Thu, 24 May 2012 05:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://bikereviews.com/2009/11/trek-president-john-burke-says-spend-more-on-bike-advocacy/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 Richard Froh Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:57:27 +0000 http://bikereviews.com/?p=6952#comment-1012 John Burke is 90% in agreement with current, experienced US cyclists. Some suggestions to unite, rather than to divide, bicycling advocates: 1. Use examples that are more applicable to the infrastructure that currently exists in the USA, because our urban areas are not at all like the overseas examples you cite, and they "translate poorly" from engineering and sociological perspectives. 2. Change to "bicyclist-friendly", because bikes are objects, and bicyclists are people (it is rather unsettling to have to explain the difference to you, comrade!). 3. Ride more, or else get a man-girdle. If riding on segregated "bike facilities" is insufficient to get your fitness up and your weight down, then try riding on roads - they are already "bike facilities, and pretty plentiful in the USA, I hear tell. Lance could help you here. I think he found some roads to train on, and it seemed to work out OK. John Burke is 90% in agreement with current, experienced US cyclists. Some suggestions to unite, rather than to divide, bicycling advocates: 1. Use examples that are more applicable to the infrastructure that currently exists in the USA, because our urban areas are not at all like the overseas examples you cite, and they “translate poorly” from engineering and sociological perspectives. 2. Change to “bicyclist-friendly”, because bikes are objects, and bicyclists are people (it is rather unsettling to have to explain the difference to you, comrade!). 3. Ride more, or else get a man-girdle. If riding on segregated “bike facilities” is insufficient to get your fitness up and your weight down, then try riding on roads – they are already “bike facilities, and pretty plentiful in the USA, I hear tell. Lance could help you here. I think he found some roads to train on, and it seemed to work out OK.

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