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"I disagree.  Brag about your hit-and-run on Twitter, please."

"There seems to be a common thread running through things being dangerous. In particular: because a car is likely to kill you.  The obvious solution is to eliminate all things that aren't cars. For your health!  "

"Also every dooring i've ever had was passenger-side, great, great, great! "

"Alternately, as ridership increases, then doorings decline, because of fewer people in cars, or a greater space in public consciousness of bikes existing.  More people on bikes tracks steadily with safer biking. Also auto industry has…"

"It is impossible for cyclists to act "just like another vehicle" because we are physically incapable of being that dangerous and oblivious. "

"Kass brings the clicks to the paper, do not read or engage with. "

"Yeah I had this idea (not that I was the first, obviously) the last time i saw another massive, sprawling internally-contradictory set of tips on avoiding dooring. It'd be good to actually put some reminders up where people can do the one thing…"

"It's cool how the wheel in their showcase demo video is massively out of true. That bodes well. "

"That Flann O'brien quote is from [i]The Third Policeman[/i] which is definitely a must-read.  Another quick recommendation would be David Byrne's [i]Bicycle Diaries[/i] in which he has thoughts in different places, while riding…"

"the new briefcase sounds so good, i'm freaking out a bit "

"When I'm grumbling about the cost of components I consider what the cost is in "number of gas fill-ups" and suddenly it doesn't seem so bad, particularly given how long good components will last.  "

"There are practical reasons why the step-through frame was picked as better for this purpose and having this be a deciding factor seems pretty ridiculous and insecure.  "

"On flights of wonder and imagination I pose the question: is there any form of assholery that doesn't have someone farting out an evopsych justification for "

"Well like a lot of things that endeavor to be Thought Provoking or Start A Discussion it sort of falls apart if you "know anything." Because at that point, the thoughts this provokes are largely "this dude is a clown." And if…"