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VeloNews Foaming Rant: Pack Your Trunk

December 2nd, 2005 by Mike

Via: Velonews.com and Patrick O’Grady

“It’s for your own good.”

Man, did I ever hate hearing that as a kid, especially when it was followed by, “Because I said so.” And I don’t like it any more as an alleged adult. Problems with authority, don’t you know.

So you can imagine how I felt when the word came down that the Colorado State Patrol has issued an edict banning cycling events with more than 2500 riders - apparently without consulting anyone in the cycling community. That is all. Dismiss.

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One Response to “VeloNews Foaming Rant: Pack Your Trunk”

  1. 1 Fritz 

    Cyclists here in Colorado are seriously ticked about this action by the CSP. You wouldn’t believe the groundswell that’s happening — calls to legislators and the governor’s office, and the Denver Post today printed an editorial against the CSP’s heavy-handed decision. The reaction by the CSP (so far) has been to dig in their heels and say “screw you” to the cyclists.

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