Brendan's Bike Blog

I am obsessed with all things bicycle. Riding them, building them, selling them. I don't know why. This blog is my attempt to tame the obsession just a little. Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Yield To Fun!


It's the simplest thing to do! Yield to fun. If you have a bike ride it. Enjoy yourself. Save some cash, improve your health, ease traffic congestion, save the planet. When you are not on your bike and driving in your car and you see someone else on their bike, slow down a little and pass them carefully. Give other riders some space. You know, yield to someone else having fun! And for goodness sake, when you hear a non-biking person rattling on about what a pain in the ass cyclists are, ask them to think about some things. Like, they are surrounded by a ton of steel and can very easily kill someone on a bike if they are careless. Remind them that a person on a bicycle is not really slowing them down that much, certainly no more than all of the other traffic congestion slowdowns they will encounter. Remind them that a person on a bike means one less car on the road and that improves their own life. How? Less congestion and less carbon dioxide in the air. Hopefully the non-biking public will remember that the planet is currently choking to death on CO2 and that we will all need to do things to change the course we are currently on. Maybe they will get it, maybe they won't. But we have to try. If you want to learn more about global warming and traffic congestion, look in the links bar for Environmental Defense and Commuters choice. Use your bike to make the world a better place and just yield to fun!

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