Colorado Town Outlaws Biking
By Rocky Thompson on June 21st, 2010
A Colorado town with 100 residents and several casinos passed a law five months ago outlawing cycling. Technically bikes are legal, but riding them is not. It’s similar to the way head shops stay in business. Anyway, they’ve recently began ticketing cyclists who pass through their town while riding instead of getting off their bike and walking down (the only) street. The cycling group Bicycle Colorado is gearing up for a fight. A small town no one cares about might not be that big of a deal, but they’re rightfully worried about a precedent it could set.
This whole scenario is reminiscent of those Walking Tall movies that starred The Rock/Chuck Norris. We need cycling-loving a war vet to return to his hometown of Black Hawk, Colorado to set things straight.
via Out There
Interestingly, a Phillip K. Dick festival will be held there this year. I don’t know what that has in common, but something interesting about an author of dystopian futures having a fest in a town that decides ‘no man may ride a bike!’
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