Writer talks about The Art of Urban Cycling

In an accident of fate, Fritz, of Cyclelicious, got an interview with the author of the book The Art of Urban Cycling, Robert Hurst. ;-D

It is a great bit of journalism, and one of my favorite comments by Mr. Hurst is the following:

The 'Critical Mass organizers' are a very small group, but a very visible one. The 'hard-core Vehicular Cyclists' are a very small group, but a very vocal one. In the middle you've got a whole lot of cyclists who ride every day and manage to get the job done. They are only as visible as singular cyclists can be--not visible enough--and they are virtually unheard. They have no ideological axe to grind, they are just getting down the road toward their destination. I proudly count myself among these middle folk. I guess my cycling friends and acquaintances are in that group as well, because none of them has thrown any sort of heat my direction based on my book's failure to stay in line with any extreme ideological positions. Extreme positions like that are untenable when you're actually out there riding your bike every day. With experience cyclists shed their extreme ideological positions faster than their extra pounds.

Read the whole thing here.

A Tip of the Hat to new BikeBlogger, Ian, of 2 Wheels Good.