Cyril Haearn wrote:Reads a bit like a 'critical mass' demo, anything that slows the motons is good
Warm nights and the ability to indulge in a bit of anti-social behaviour so beloved of yoofs looking for their personal version of anti-authoritarianism that makes the middle classes despair which in turn fed back to the yoofs.
Viscous circle. But temporary and with the upshot that bikes are cool with youth again.
Of course it means you have to put up with folk whining about anti-social behaviour, how it's all gone pear shaped, how they all nearly ran over a youth on a bike, how they're nearly invisible under the street lights dressed in dark clothing, no helmets etc etc.
I used to read all that and wonder if I lived in the same place. Lots of kids on bikes but for the most part they're polite and move out of the way, they indulge in the occasional 'mass wheelie' and simply get in the way of drivers who were probably well over the 20mph speed limit anyway.
In an attempt to show my solidarity I practised riding with no hands...
