An edgy debate

I’ll never really understand cyclists. I don’t mean people who ride bicycles. I mean your lot. The Lance Armstrongs. The extremists who think the roads were made for them and motorized traffic is an inconvenience and who ride three abreast at 20 km/h yapping away on a Sunday ride. God forbid we should dare to try and get by. Hell, we’re only approaching at three times your speed, which is, by the way, the speed limit for automobiles. But hey, you’re cyclists; we need to take care. I’ve been riding motorcycles for 40 years, and one thing I know is that you’ll never win an argument with a car. Go ahead. Be cocky. Cars are the enemy. I’ll tell you one thing: you can’t give us the finger from the grave.

Dave Doolittle Scarborough, Ont.

We responded to doolittle’ s letter. usually, we ignore inflammatory missives, but beneath the edgy writing, we detected an honest concern for safety and fair use of the road. we noted that riding two a breast isn’ t illegal and does have safety merits. we didn’ t, however, excuse any inconsiderate behaviour, be it by motorists, cyclists or any other road users.—Eds.