The NY Times has done it again. First, I enjoy chuckling over bogus trend stories, though there is probably some truth to this one (if you look at only cyclists in certain neighborhoods and ignore, oh, 90 percent of New York City like the Times usually does).

I am fascinated by Mr. Bliss, who claims that cyclists in athletic attire and helmets have "alienated every pedestrian" and seems to imply that fashionable women riders don't. Yet Ms. Page-Green, one of the fashionable women quoted, "likes to speed around on the sidewalk."

Here's more breaking news: "Some of these women seem to view their bikes, equipped with high-end saddle bags and bells, as a stand-in for a car..." I don't know what to make of that -- my bike isn't standing in for a car since I use a backpack I got at the Goodwill for $3.99?

And finally, I love the photo of Dr. Margaret Goni in flip flops and no helmet. She's a psychiatrist; I Googled her.

Clearly it's raining and windy, I can't ride today, and I need to find something to do.