"Globalisation of such a culture seems to pander to corporate and conservative viewpoints. To globalise is to depersonalise, and the very crux of what distinguishes the bicycle from other modes of transport, as previously discussed, is its propensity to be autonomous."
Ummm...sorry...but if the goal is to get more people riding bikes then how can you complain about what happens when you have more people riding bikes? You can't be sumultanously elitist and all embracing at the same time. Or did I misread something here....
"Globalisation of such a culture seems to pander to corporate and conservative viewpoints. To globalise is to depersonalise, and the very crux of what distinguishes the bicycle from other modes of transport, as previously discussed, is its propensity to be autonomous."
Ummm...sorry...but if the goal is to get more people riding bikes then how can you complain about what happens when you have more people riding bikes? You can't be sumultanously elitist and all embracing at the same time. Or did I misread something here....