Quote Originally Posted by velo View Post
[I] I don't see anyone in "full kit" riding to the grocery.
On the other hand, I very often do turn up at my local grocery store in bike gear, because a) it's on my way home, and b) I'm not self-conscious about being seen in public wearing bike gear.

I read the comments under the article, and pretty much everyone said the same thing as we're saying. Except the one who felt they were all being thin-skinned vehicular cyclists because the article wasn't attacking them. Oh yeah? Is it really that hard to promote "civilized", "graceful", "elegant" and "dignified" riding without calling everybody else "militant" "Gore-tex clad Superdads hunched (...) pedalling like maniacs with scowls on their faces" and "middle-class, middle-aged road warriors"?

By all means, I'd be thrilled if people rode bikes more for short errands. But I don't give a rat's *** what they're wearing or how fast they're moving, as long as they behave themselves in traffic.

eta: sorry about getting worked up about an old post. But the sentiment is still out there, and gets voiced every now and then.