Clover Moore
Cyclists are the worst. They dress up like extras in an MC Hammer video, then they act like they own the bloody road. They are rude, cliquey, sanctimonious and, very, very ugly. Did we mention that they look incredibly stupid in lycra?
But one day, not all cyclists will be like that. One day, and possibly very soon, scores of ordinary people in ordinary clothes will ride ordinary inexpensive bikes to work. That’s the dream of people like Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, who is set to announce more cycleways any day now. In an age of rising petrol prices and sedentary workers looking to get fit, it’s a perfectly reasonable dream.
Right now, the cycleway knockers have it much too easy. It’s money for old bike chains when your opponents are hippies, lycra warriors and leftie ideologues like Clover Moore. And don’t the shock jocks know it. They rail against the traffic chaos caused by the narrow green bike lanes as though the green is some kind of toxic ooze.
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