re: #179 Obdicut

I would agree with that. But it didn’t have to be that way. It didn’t use to be that way. CM used to be a bit of a parade. The route was unofficially negotiated with the SFPD and the SFPD bike cops rode with us.

Then Willie needed a bogeyman for his political machinations. Instead of the SFPD being an escort they became the opposition. Instead of serious cyclists toning down the meathead anarchists, they left. What was fun and useful became strident and offensive. It’s easy to see that a serious cyclist would resent what it has become but I think the solution is to rejoin and retake what was a wonderful thing.

It didn’t have to be that way.