Amusing Article

[Swan]

Here is the funniest dang biking-related article I've read in a while! I was grinning the whole time, because already I sympathize with the whining!

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Best thing I have ever read on Cracked.com!!!

[Crankin]

I don't think it's funny at all. I know it's supposed to be sarcastic and the guy who wrote it is a cyclist, but it feels anti-cyclist to me. And the comments (I only read a few) were gross, anti-cyclist, and anti Semitic.
Ugh.

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It was written by a woman and I got the impression that she probably rides on a regular basis from things said (about the functional importance of clothes and bright colors).

[Swan]

I got the same impression as zoom-zoom. The author knew things I certainly didn't, and at the end explained that they ride regardless and host cyclo charities for cancer. The author is only pointing out some things we ourselves have joked about on this forum in a humorous fashion -- that the sport can make us look a little silly, that it can be frightening, etc.. I didn't once think of it as anti-cycling at all. The comments may or may not be anti-cyclist. I didn't bother to read them because they in no way reflect the views of the original author. But the article itself was good fun.

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The comments may or may not be anti-cyclist. I didn't bother to read them because they in no way reflect the views of the original author. But the article itself was good fun.

Ditto. It's unfair to judge any piece of writing by comments that they likely have no control over. I didn't find it anti-cyclist in the least. A LOT of the things she touched on are things that I personally found odd before riding, myself...going commando, chamois butter, garish clothes!