As If They Couldn't Make Riding a Bicycle Any More Embarrasing

So I'm driving to work today, on a crowded busy boston street, and this is what I see coming down the road at me. Not only was the person a fully grown adult riding a bicycle, which is, in itself, somewhat shameful, but then I notice they are riding a type of bike I have never seen before: the reclined bicycle.

Now there are only two instances when, in my opinion, its okay to ride a bike. One is if your seven and it is in your driveway, and another is if your carrying Lance's extra bracelets and old pictures of Cheryl Crow up a hilly mountainside in southern France on the way to your seventh title. It is not okay to drive in the middle of the road in a densely populated area during rush hour traffic.

And it does not matter how far back you tilt the seat, this does not make it cooler. No one is bound to see this coming down the street and go "Ugh another bicycler, great. Oh wait, my mistake, this guy is reclined. I want to invite him over to watch a Pat's game and drink some Sam Adams because he looks like he doesn't give a fuck." They will be thinking what every other motorist or pedestrian has been thinking of someone riding a bike since the invention of the wheel, "get the hell out of my way while I pull into this Dunk's parking lot, because I bet if I clipped you with my car, no one would mourn."

But to end on a positive note, I do enjoy a good handbasket!