Why do cyclists love it when everyone hates them? Review of ‘Critical Mass’

Why do cyclists love it when everyone hates them? Review of ‘Critical Mass’
Why do cyclists love it when everyone hates them? Review of ‘Critical Mass’
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“Now they will show me how not to build the infrastructure,” a cyclist was sitting on the edge of the sidewalk, who had just smashed a light pole with his teeth into the one driving in front vegetable rear glass. The surrounding participants of the trip watched sympathetically and condemned both the trunk of the car, the prickly policeman, the asphalt, Vilni Ķirsi, the infrastructure, and the customs of society in general, which morally forced the already toothless colleague to drink one small drink before the “Critical Mass”. They strongly condemned everything, but not the idea of ​​driving chaotically through the center of Riga in an uncoordinated mass event.

“Teorētiski varētu vilkt uz sejas kovida respiratoru,” pieņēma K. Āls, tomēr izlēma ceļā doties ar nomas elektroskūteri. Ceļš līdz Mežaparkam ar skūteri ir mērojams ļoti ērti. Avotu ielā vesela josla brīva, tālāk norobežots celiņš no Bruņinieku līdz pat Valdemāra ielai. Nedaudz čakarīgs ir tas īsais moments starp Valdemāra ielu un Brasas tiltu, bet var izlīdzēties ar ietvēm. Tās ir gana platas, lai cieņpilni pārvietotos, neizbesījot gājējus.

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“Amizanti,” nodomāja K. Āls, vairākas reizes pie luksoforiem novērojot vienus un tos pašus velosipēdistus, kuri krustojumus konsekventi šķērso pie sarkanās gaismas. “Kāpēc es un vēl viens elektroskūtera braucējs pie sarkanajām gaismām stāv, bet jūs abi – ne? Droši vien sagadīšanās.”

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