Comments on: Times Square blast possibly caused by a cyclist

By: AngryAnt

AngryAnt — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:59:11 +0000

I can see the point of posting this. Bikes have greater access to soft targets for the delivery of bombs and are fairly untraceable; ride up toss a bomb at a desired target ride away then ditch the bike. Basically a bike is a perfect facade for a bomb: hollow steel to hide bomb materials, fragible metal frame, easy to hide wiring or timing device.

I am in SoCal (RSM) so from my point of view: they could quit letting me take my bike on the train or bus, parking in my work place, require bikes are parked in parking lots away from people and building, shipping bike frames would be like shipping my fav ammo (slow with added expense), what about taking a bike on a plane.

By: Freebird! - Cult of the Bicycle

Freebird! - Cult of the Bicycle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:40:21 +0000

[...] For some reason, every bike blog out there feels compelled to mention that some loser with a bike (that he apparently discarded) is [...]

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:04:36 +0000

Oh, because WE’RE not funny and BSNYC IS, that makes it different?!? Horseshit.

Fact of the matter is we don’t really like to limit the stuff we present to our readers. We’ll let them decide what is topical or not, and they can choose to read it or not, regardless of the lack of “real” humor.

Besides, our reader Eric presented pure comedy gold with his quote “…and so another cycle of terror begins…”

By: Fritz

Fritz — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:00:12 +0000

Bike Snob can take any news item and make it bikey fun. That's different. I guess the larger question that I hinted at: do motorists worry about their image because they kill over 40,000 people every year in the US? Does the news coverage of a "bike terrorist" impact how the general public views cyclists? If so, how do we change that? Or are we interested in changing that? Brian quipped that the idea of a bomb-equipped cyclist means we'll "get a bit more slack from motorists."

By: db

db — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:41:51 +0000

Oh, that “list of demands” from the BikeSnob is pure comedy gold.

Freebird!

By: Moe

Moe — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:28:33 +0000

Fritz, did you ask BSNYC the same question? http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2008/03/glimpse-into-mind-of-madman.html

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:21:33 +0000

I think the point was intended to be “as if cyclists don’t have enough to worry about — now we might be viewed as potential terrorists every time we lock up our bikes in front of a building”.

A couple days ago, we were merely the scourge of motorists everywhere. Today we’re a bunch of violent terroristic boogeymen. We just can’t win!

By: Fritz

Fritz — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:12:04 +0000

There's some irony in protesting a war by using violence. Anyways... Why is this worth mention on a bike site? Do motorist enthusiast websites post an article every time some wahoo crashes his car into a storefront or gas station or auto parts store or bank?

By: Smudgemo

Smudgemo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:44:34 +0000

Aside from tempers, at least nothing blew up in Berkeley…

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:37:41 +0000

…and so another cycle of terror begins…