"Not everything is political!" - self-absorbed asshole that makes everything political.

Many such cases

fucks sake, the DOT is removing bike lanes from national maps. Fuck

Fuck, even in my european country, there are many people hating on bycycles. Not even the bike lanes, just the fact of a person riding a bicycle.

Fucking awful how dividing the propaganda has gotten.

Everything is political. Always has been, always will be. What changes is whether we notice and care.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro-masculinity comes to mind again

I'm out of the loop, what happened? I just dropped 2k on a bike 😑

topping a bike

I have better things to do

And what statement would that be? My bike is my primary method of transport and it's great.

I don't even know how much petrol costs because it doesn't matter. Fully electrified my house within a few months of buying it too.

Cycling to work for me is faster than any other legal method of transport.

I mean, you can make it one, or you can just ride them.

I know a guy, bikes everywhere, constantly talks about biking, forces it into every conversation, has to wear those weird spandex pants everywhere, it's his whole personality and he makes it very political.

I know another guy, bikes to work because he doesn't have a car, wears normal clothes, doesn't make it his entire personality, only mentions it when it's relevant, not political for him it is simply born out of necessity (now that you can get him political on, but that's economics not "bikes.")

Guess bike manufacturers can't outlobby the car industry. 🤷‍♂️😔

Everything is political and bicycles even more than average. You're riding a tool of feminist liberation and protecting the environment.

I'd rather a few people be annoyed at my rants in 2026 than a lot of people die from my lack of rants in 2126. If you want systemic change, then it helps to demonstrate that it's feasible.