tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post3743801097602961887..comments2024-01-18T09:29:42.707-05:00Comments on Biking in Heels: Bikes in the media- digital and dead treeCyclerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072776738519243521noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-83555080527032743542011-01-28T21:48:29.658-05:002011-01-28T21:48:29.658-05:00wow. I went and looked for your Universal Hub thin...wow. I went and looked for your Universal Hub thing, and well, wow. That's a lot of people being nasty and superior to each other (not you). I laughed out loud at the comments on bulldozing to make parking lots and the lessons of the 60s. But wow, do they go on and on, and did it ever get personal. I'm just surprised that many people are sitting around posting stuff (says hypocrite right here). <br />Anyway, that was sucky. Your comment was nicely put and didn't deserve to be bashed.<br />...and (gasp...yikes) now I'm worried I've been smelly for the last 6 months. No one has said anything... but maybe everyone in Japan just thought foreigners smelled all the time. <br />I'm not surviving this winter biking thing well as it is. Help....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-33468360016783518062011-01-28T18:12:48.956-05:002011-01-28T18:12:48.956-05:00Ugh--I saw that exchange on UH but a bit late to j...Ugh--I saw that exchange on UH but a bit late to jump in. UH is generally a great site, but sometimes it attracts a few knuckleheads. For a comparison read ANY comments on bike topics or almost Anthony on the Globe or Herald sites--there are an incredibly number of predictably oafish, nasty-minded people who seem to post the same stuff again and again (variations of a. Damn hippies! B it's Obama's fault and c. Get off my lawn. I thought you responded with admirable restraint.<br /><br />The biking and sweating thing is ridiculous. Most of us know when we need a shower or when we don't but the very idea that someone couldn't bike for three miles without being drenched in perspiration is silly. Maybe it speaks more to the fitness level of the poster--maybe they break out in a sweat every time they climb the basement stairs?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544085626784199782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-84087564909567747572011-01-28T16:33:06.639-05:002011-01-28T16:33:06.639-05:00Moopheus,
I think that the percentage of people d...Moopheus,<br /><br />I think that the percentage of people dressed normally drops on days like today- partly because the weather is gnarlier (lots of sludge) and partly because a lot of people who dress normally on bikes, also walk and T, and don't feel compelled to ride in adverse conditions.<br /><br />FWIW I think that the percentage of normally dressed people is higher on the Cambridge/ Somerville side of the river than the Boston side.cyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-42286291017372694662011-01-28T12:52:19.469-05:002011-01-28T12:52:19.469-05:00My commute to work is about 3 miles. I can walk it...My commute to work is about 3 miles. I can walk it in 45 minutes; there's no way I'd wait that long for a bus. In fact, that's what I did yesterday--when I went out, the streets were still not cleared, plows were still out, and I didn't feel like dodging them the whole way. <br /><br />People being nasty on the Internet? When did that start? <br /><br />Velouria--"because they perceive dressing anywhere close to "normally' in the winter to be impossible" Really? That seems odd to me, since the I'd say that most--by a large margin--of the other bike commuters I see on the way to work are dressed in normal street clothes, both in summer and winter. Now it may be that people who are actually out riding around aren't commenting about it on forums, leaving them to the "serious" roadies who have put their bikes away for the winter.Moopheushttp://epiktistes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-39695191710351233232011-01-28T10:49:57.059-05:002011-01-28T10:49:57.059-05:00Actually, after the initial attacks, I was pretty ...Actually, after the initial attacks, I was pretty pleased that there was an online community who were supportivecyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-57257457476866338542011-01-28T09:27:04.234-05:002011-01-28T09:27:04.234-05:00The online debates regarding cycling and clothing....The online debates regarding cycling and clothing... I am not even going to respond about the "smelling" thing, those comments are just meant to provoke and make you feel bad. Face it: What you/we do is unusual, not only among the population at large, but even among cyclists themselves, and people criticise what they don't understand and haven't experienced themselves. I remember when you left a comment on Boston Biker simply describing what you wore while cycling to work on a random winter day, and several people (cyclists!) responded by accusing you of being smug, or something like that - presumably, because they perceive dressing anywhere close to "normally' in the winter to be impossible. It's insane, but the response seems pretty typical.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-48539515282499580452011-01-28T09:19:04.559-05:002011-01-28T09:19:04.559-05:00Re Hetchins and "curly stays" he is refe...Re Hetchins and "curly stays" he is referring to the <a href="http://www.hetchins.org/logo/stays3.gif" rel="nofollow">chainstays</a> - which were literally curly, or "vibrant", as opposed to straight.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.com