sometimes riding a bike sucks. let’s face it, once you get over the ugly helmet, uncomfortable seat and total exposure… then you have to deal with often ugly people, uncomfortable collisions and total humiliation.
but in overcoming these obstacles, bicyclist become empowered. sometimes bitter, but often stronger and healthier as a result.
as the universe would have it, for every time we get knocked down… given a ticket for a “riding infraction”, or much worse, like getting clipped or killed by a car… we get thrown a bone, like a new bicycle boulevard or trail, or this great new legislation in the the netherlands to mandate cyclist-protecting airbags on the outside of cars. all the more reason to make the netherlands our next holiday destination.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/bikers-europe-get-some-tlc
