▲ 109 ▼ Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US. (wapo.st) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] shasta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) You mean a caravan? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's the automobile term and is quite offensive in this context. A "chain of bicycles" would be more appropriate. Stragglers would be called "spokes". You should probably edit your post and then go apologize to the bicycle sub post haste before this gets out of hand. --> /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shasta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because I'm not sure which part of this is intended to be sarcasm, I just wanted to clarify that the term "caravan" has been used before the invention of the internal combustion engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I'm not sure which part of this is intended to be sarcasm 100% of it. Sorry I wasn't funnier to help you there. Story of my wife...life! I meant life! Of note is that I did not create the "chain of bicycles" term, but did find it alluring to use here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* Sure. The movement calls itself a "bike bus," but it strikes me as a tiny "critical mass," where riders get together and ride enmass to express solidarity and take back the streets to some degree from cars. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's the automobile term and is quite offensive in this context. A "chain of bicycles" would be more appropriate. Stragglers would be called "spokes". You should probably edit your post and then go apologize to the bicycle sub post haste before this gets out of hand. --> /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shasta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because I'm not sure which part of this is intended to be sarcasm, I just wanted to clarify that the term "caravan" has been used before the invention of the internal combustion engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I'm not sure which part of this is intended to be sarcasm 100% of it. Sorry I wasn't funnier to help you there. Story of my wife...life! I meant life! Of note is that I did not create the "chain of bicycles" term, but did find it alluring to use here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shasta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because I'm not sure which part of this is intended to be sarcasm, I just wanted to clarify that the term "caravan" has been used before the invention of the internal combustion engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I'm not sure which part of this is intended to be sarcasm 100% of it. Sorry I wasn't funnier to help you there. Story of my wife...life! I meant life! Of note is that I did not create the "chain of bicycles" term, but did find it alluring to use here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I'm not sure which part of this is intended to be sarcasm 100% of it. Sorry I wasn't funnier to help you there. Story of my wife...life! I meant life! Of note is that I did not create the "chain of bicycles" term, but did find it alluring to use here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* Sure. The movement calls itself a "bike bus," but it strikes me as a tiny "critical mass," where riders get together and ride enmass to express solidarity and take back the streets to some degree from cars. permalink fedilink source parent