Recently I mentioned fearing for the future of cycling, but I’m not sure cycling has any future:
I guess the good news is that if there’s no future for cycling then I don’t have to be afraid for it, right?
Of course, it’s all too easy to blame e-bikes for this because…well, it’s all their fault. But as cynical as I’ve become about them I suppose there really are people for whom they can be life-changing:
When you’re already a cyclist it can be hard to appreciate just how unthinkable the idea of riding a bike is to many people, and how profoundly car-dependent they can be:
If you’re a New Yorker renting a car to get around Manhattan is unthinkable, and if you’re a cyclist it’s doubly unthinkable.
