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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Is that a bike pump in your pocket, or are you just mad to see me?

I've worried a long time about homophobia in the cycling community. There are quite a lot of fag jokes in the peloton that I somewhat optimistically dismiss as being ironic, since most of my riding buddies could care less where a fellow chooses to, um, park his bike (as it were).

But come to think of it, I'm not sure the LGBT community is fully pro-bike either.



Are bike lanes gay? Or are they straight? I'm cool with them either way. Seriously.


NYMag >>

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm thoroughly convinced that everybody hates everybody.

Unknown said...

An equivalent question: Are bike lanes 'masculine' or 'feminine'?

Thank goodness English doesn't assign genders to its nouns...

In any case, I like 'em. Let's make ALL the lanes bike lanes. At least downtown, where everything is nice and close together. Can you imagine what it'd be like if cars weren't allowed in city centers? Park your car... grab your bike and ride the last couple of miles to work! Even the yuppies from the 'burbs would have to ride.