toys and transportation.

it is unfortunate how people view bikes in this town. bikes are for kids' birthdays or for your physician and lawyer... or for that guy down the street that gets dressed up in spandex on the weekends and heads out for a few hours. it's always for some specific segment of the population, but not everyone. if a grown person is seen riding their bike and they're clearly not exercising, then something must obviously be wrong with their car. "well, they're just being Green" some progressive here in the northeast may say, but why does that even have to be said? why can't it be, "that person is going to work"? i know that for some people riding a bike to work is just not possible, but if every now and again people rode their bikes for transportation purposes, say to the store for milk, then notions of bicycles being toys or for DUI's would soon disappear. come on people, don't be afraid, you can ride a bike and still have a fully functioning car... i won't think less of you.