why cycling w/ the british sucks

Posted: August 24th, 2009 | Author: newamsterdamize | Filed under: snark | 3 Comments »

i’ve always despised the colonists, and now the proof is in the pudding… too boot, this argument reminds me of so many foul mouthed (ie lyrica wearing or hipster toting) Americans that i just wanna ROLF.

I hope that choosing the bicycle as my preferred product needs little explanation or justification but my proposed ban on cycle helmets might be a little more problematic. For a long time I’ve harboured the suspicion in my more paranoid moments that there’s some kind of collusion between the road/oil lobby and elements of the cycling fraternity to ensure that cycling in Britain remains a marginalised, unpleasant and largely despised activity.

via save the planet – ban cycle helmets

3 Comments on “why cycling w/ the british sucks”

  1. 1 Kate said at 06:22 on August 25th, 2009:

    wtf?
    I’m a ‘colonist’ soon moving to NYC – I had subscribed to your blog and was looking forward to getting into the cycling community, maybe coming on some rides… I guess I shouldn’t bother if I will be ‘despised’ by the cool NY cycle folks!

  2. 2 noneck said at 10:09 on August 25th, 2009:

    kate, we’d love to hang out with you! ROLF means “Rolling On the Floor” and is a euphemism for when people find something so funny they end up rolling on the floor, and this whole bastardization of the helmet/fitness/oil/road lobby is all tongue and cheeky. when do you arrive?

  3. 3 Kate said at 10:23 on August 25th, 2009:

    Ha, well I guess I have a lot to learn about american humour, or should that be humor ;-)

    Me, hubby and our tandem will arrive at the start of October!

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