Copenhagenized Cycleliciousness

Forbes B-Black wrote:
Hi All,

Many of you have seen Zakkaliciousness' photos on flickr or visited
his blogs, Copenhagen Cycle Chic, Copenhagenize, and others. But
there is more to Mikael Colville-Andersen than just photos of
fashionable women riding bicycles. He is a crusader and an evangelist
for practical bicycles.

I interviewed Mikael for Cycloculture. Details he

http://cycloculture.blogspot.com/200...ciousness.html

From the article:

"Q: What do you say to Americans who tell me that they absolutely cannot
commute by bicycle unless there is a shower available to them at work?

A: I think I just roll my eyes. There are 100 million Europeans who ride
their bike daily and they get on fine without this strange 'shower at
work' angle. It's just another ridiculous way to keep branding cycling
as sporty, sweaty and difficult, when the opposite is true."

Yeah, easy not to get too sweaty in a place with no hills and low
summertime humidity with high temperatures of 20 to 25°C. In much of the
US with high temperatures from 30 to 40°C and relative humidity in
excess of 80%, one can not even stand outside without getting soaked.

Having a shower also makes longer and faster commutes more practical,
rather than severely limiting the level of exertion to keep from getting
too nasty.

Subsidizing showers and secure bicycle parking would be a lot less
expensive than subsidizing individualized fossil fuel powered transport.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"People who had no mercy will find none." - Anon.